Moderation and slight change of (de facto) policy

[Ben Finney]

Random832 <random832 at fastmail.com> writes:

> As an alternative, when you send them through can you put a note on
> the bottom saying they're not subscribed, to remind people to CC them
> in responses?

That still relies on every participant manually changing from the
correct behaviour (reply to the mailing list only, by default).

> I think that's why we never get any followup on "newbie problem"
> questions

I think encouraging new posters to have a subscription in order to
participate is the right way forward.

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Ben Finney