Summary: When accepting moderated messages to a mailing list, it  
would be  nice if it was possible to comment them the same way you 
can comment rejected messages, or if moderated messages had an  
automatic header indicating that they were moderated.   
   
On the Marketing list, we get a fair number of submissions of links   
and similar from non-subscribed OOo users.   When I accept these   
submissions to the list, there is no way to indicate to the other   
list users that the e-mail is from a non-list member, and that they   
should send any replies directly to the sender.   This causes a lot  
of confusion and extra list traffic.  
  
I can see 3 good ways to do this:  
1. (Preferred) the current Accept/Reject message has this section 
for comments: 
 
You do not need to copy the post in your response to accept or  
reject it. If you wish to send a comment to the sender of a 
rejected 
post, please include it between two marker lines starting with 
three 
percent signs ('%'): 
 
%%% Start comment 
%%% End comment 
 
If it were possible that this comment would also be picked up for 
*accepted* messages and inserted into the post, it would be 
perfect. 
 
 
2. If commenting poses technical challenges, how about an automatic 
header in moderated messages that reads: 
"This post was moderated.  As such, it may be necessary to reply 
directly to the sender as they may not be subscribed to the mailing 
list." 
 
In both above cases, I think the insertion should go *above* the 
moderated post body, not in the footer, as many readers may not get 
to the bottom of the message before replying. 
 
3. (least preferred) Have the listbot add (MODERATED) to the 
subject line of the moderated message. 
 
 
-Josh Berkus 
 Lead, Marketing Project