Re: [Evolution] Disable Digests? [was: evolution-list Digest, Vol 156, Issue 61]

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2018-07-31 at 20:57 +0200, Ángel wrote:
> On 2018-07-28 at 00:43 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > I don't know why some subscribers prefer digest,
> > > but since some users do, we perhaps should accept this.
> >
> > I knew something was tickling the back of my mind. This topic has been
> > proposed before now (by me!):
> >  
> > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2017-March/msg00023.html
> >
> > A quick re-reading of that thread shows that (as far as I can see) only
> > one person spoke up in favour of keeping digests (ignoring several
> > digressions that had nothing to do with the subject under discussion).
> > That was over a year ago. I note that at the time I added a Mailman
> > filter that in theory would trap digest replies into moderation. That
> > never worked (could be my fault or it could be a bug). I never looked
> > into it.
> >
> > I also note that you proposed I turn off digests for a test period to
> > see what happens, and I said I would wait a while in case anyone
> > objected. The "while" turned out to be over a year, with no objections
> > from anyone, so I'm minded to go ahead. I'll wait a few days to give
> > people a second chance to react before I do anything, and hope I don't
> > forget again :-)
> >
> > poc
>
> A softer option would be to edit the subscription template to remove the
> digest radio. That way, if someone really really wanted digests, he
> would have to subscribe, then go into the user configuration and enable
> that preference.

Once again: the moderators are not admins. We have no control over the
page templates.

poc