> > - in the current situation, even postings from occasional posters > > are being blocked. and when postings are blocked, the message is > > terse and cryptic (even insulting) and contains no clue about how > > to workaround the problem > > Do you have specific recent examples of this? If it is the case it needs to be > fixed. I think I was simply mistaken about this ; I was remembering the "post from non-subscriber" messages I'd seen recently and confusing them with the "list won't accept posts from non-subscribers" messages I used to occasionally see from that list. > > - getting on the "approved posters" list is not well documented or > > understood. for some list software this is a manual operation > > requiring the list admin to edit a file; on others it is under > > control of the subscriber but he/she has to "subscribe" the alternate > > address using some obscure option like /NOMAIL. > > Perhaps in the case of namedroppers the added [ post by non-subscriber... ] > note can include the instructions on how to get added to that list. ideally, I think, the instructions would come in the form of a response sent back to the sender, rather than being sent to the list. and they should explain how to get on the approved poster list rather than expecting everyone to post from their subscription address.