[Tfug] TFUG List administrativa

[Timothy D. Lenz]

I am on now, thanks.

On 2/5/2013 1:12 PM, Bexley Hall wrote:
> Hi Zack,
>
> On 2/4/2013 6:08 PM, Zack Williams wrote:
>> Is getting on this list fully automated, or does each person who
>> attempts to join have to be approved by an admin?
>>
>> I just had someone tell me that they tried to join in the last few
>> weeks but they weren't able to.
>
> The list appears to be managed by something akin to Majordomo.
> Typically, subscriptions are automatic or "semi-automatic".  If
> the subscription failed, I'd look elsewhere for reason...
>
> Where, specifically, in the subscription process did this fail?
>
> They should have received an email confirming their subscription
> *request*.  This email would then have to be acknowledged to
> actually complete the subscription.
>
> To do so, they would have either replied to the email
> *or* visited a specific HTTP URL
> *or* sent another (specific) message to the -request address.
>
> There is at least one bug in the script that manages this
> (as I reported previously) -- so it is likely there are others.
>
> Query the potential subscriber to see where he/she got in the
> process for a better idea of what's gone wrong.  I.e., if they
> never received the subscription request confirmation, I'd wonder
> if they have a mail filter that's in the way.  OTOH, if they
> acknowledged this "request confirmation", I would suspect another
> bug or they didn't *exactly* do what was required.
>
> HTH,
> --don
>
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