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Re: Convert Forum to Mail List

Posted by GregChapman on Jun 16, 2012; 9:10am
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Convert-Forum-to-Mail-List-tp7580384p7580386.html

Hi Hugo,

I think I knew most of the information in your response, except that I hadn't realised that changing a subject on an email reply would start a new topic.

The reason for my request was that I had tried to do a test to subscribe a new user and wanted to see the wording of the email they would receive containing the confirmation link. When I clicked it I encountered a login screen.

I now suspect that this was either because I already had a tab in my browser open where I was logged in under my admin address or because the address I was attempting to subscribe was already known to the system as I had used it before as a test user, although I had deliberately deleted the account, to attempt to de-register it. Perhaps I should have logged out and cleared cookies before I went to my email program to click the link?

EDIT: I now realise that more likely the login screen is presented because it is to be a private mail list and I have turned off View permission for "Anyone" restricting access to those in the "Member" group.

Is there a way to have new subscribers join and not be forced to register with such a restriction in place?
Is it better to get them to face up to the fact that Nabble is a "forum with extras" rather than a "mail list with archive"?
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