Re: Policy for posts from non-members

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On 22/02/2023 06:05, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > And joining is actually pretty serious friction for some people - the
> > more lists I join, the more likely I am to abandon attempts to help if
> > I'm required to register.
> I second that concern.  Being the maintainer of the FreeType mailing
> lists, I face exactly the same problem.  Usually, I simply enable
> messages in the queue.  If I have to do this too often, I tell people
> to subscribe.
>
> It seems, however, that the amount of new users is much larger for
> LilyPond than for FreeType...
Is there an option where you can "temporarily" approve someone?

So basically the list remembers you approved a post, and for maybe the 
next 15 days it remembers and approves without moderator intervention. 
Once that time has gone, it's back to moderation.

Yes it's a bit of a pain, but it lowers friction for the drive-by 
"please help", and it lessens the work a bit for the moderators...

Cheers,
Wol