Re: Convert Forum to Mail List

Posted by GregChapman on Jun 17, 2012; 1:19pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Convert-Forum-to-Mail-List-tp7580384p7580390.html

Hi Hugo,

Many thanks for your response and the work on this issue.

I may have misled you, or there may be a bug in the routine.

I think you worked out that when I referred to "Members" group, I was, in fact, referring to my custom-made "Shareholder" group, because when I added a user to "Members" the address was not added under the new "Subscribe Members" tab. However, when I added the address to "Shareholders" it did then appear under "Subscribe Members".

I then checked the new address under "Subscribe Members" and that address did receive an email saying "You've been subscribed, click link to unsubscribe" (I paraphrase!). However, that address was not added under the "Current Subscribers" tab and it has not received the first test mail I sent.

Thinking I may have got the process wrong, I repeated the check the address under "Subscribe Members" process and found the address received a second "You've been subscribed, click link to unsubscribe" message".

I wonder if the routine is taking account of the fact that none of these addresses are registered?

Also, so that the routine has a more general application, (because I am sure there are others who'd welcome an archive for a "private" mail list) I wonder if the addresses listed under the "Subscribe Members" tab should include all those that belong to both "Member" and all user-added groups.

Another thought: Will addresses that could show under "Subscribe Members" disappear from that tab once they appear under "Current Subscribers", so there is no possibility attempting to subscribe a user who is already subscribed.