Developers of Sympa

["Adam Bernstein" <address@concealed>]

Dear Sympa crew:

Problem 1: I'm unable to create a scenario that will, for instance,
limit postings to subscribers (send.private) but forward messages
with attachments to the moderator for approval.  Only one condition
is checked in the scenario file, and the first one that matches is
used.  So, if [is_subscriber] is first and it says do_it, all
messages will be posted; if the attachment filter is first and it
says editorkey, then all messages will be forwarded to the moderator
for approval, even from non-subscribers.  Is there any way to require
a message to match multiple conditions in a scenario?

Problem 2 (much more important): The current scenario scheme, by
its design, becomes less and less usable with each new independent
condition.  Adding a new condition to a system with N send scenarios
means possibly doubling the number to 2xN -- "private with attachments
rejected", "public with attachments rejected", etc. -- which means
doubling the number of choices in the Send parameter for list admins.
It's all very redundant and confusing for them.  What we need is to
be able to select each condition independently -- "private", 
"attachments rejected", "non-subscribers forwarded to moderator" --
which will *greatly* simplify the WWSympa list admin interface.  
You've indicated before that this is not in the plans, but it really
is needed.  I will spend some time on developing it, but only if it
will definitely be integrated into the Sympa distro.

Praise 1:  Great news that 4.0 is on the way!  The sooner, the
better!

    ab
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