[Enigmail] how long does it take to get activated on the forum and rss feeds question

[Terra Frost]

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Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> Terra Frost wrote:
>> First, I tried signing up for the forum and was then informed that my
>> account had to be activated by an admin.  Any idea as to how long it
>> might take an admin to just, out of the blue, decide to activate me?
> 
> None of us are paid for this work.  Some days the admins are very quick
> and get it done within hours.  Other days people's lives are busy and it
> takes a while.  And at other times, it's two weeks before Christmas and
> we should all practice a little extra patience and understanding with
> our fellow human beings.

*sigh*

It wasn't my intention to imply anyone was being lazy or taking too
long.  All I did is ask if there was *any* idea.  I would have been
content with a "it will happen when it happens".

Further, I don't believe you can infer from what I wrote that I
suggested you don't care about Enigmail.  Some people prefer mailing
lists and might only begrudgingly set up a forum.  Such people might
also be more prone to neglect that forum - not out of a lack of interest
in their project but rather due to distaste for that particular avenue
of support.

And, on top of that, who knows how many new accounts are created your
forum each day?  At the bottom, it says 430.  Maybe you prune inactive
accounts, however.

So lets say you get 10 new accounts you need to activate each day.  If
you wait a week, that's 70 new accounts you have to approve or delete as
appropriate.  ie. that's a whole lot more work and means you have less
time to spend providing actual support or developing code or whatever.
And I don't know about you, but I, personally, would find that ever
increasing workload to be more and more discouraging and would, over
time, become less and less eager to do it.

The fact that you might be disinterested in activating accounts,
however, doesn't imply that you're not interested in supporting or in
maintaining Enigmail.  After all, you, presumably, didn't develop
Enigmail for the oh-so-wonderful opportunity to spend hours and hours
activating / deleting accounts.

>> I worry that Enigmail's forums operate in the same way...
> 
> I regret that you don't care.  We care quite a lot.  

Maybe I wasn't clear - I don't care about *my* forum.  Why should you
care about that?  And who are you to pass judgment about my lack of
interest in my own forum?  I don't care about the fact that my backpack
has a small cut in it, either.  If you want to pass judgment on that,
feel free...

> That said, I don't use RSS feeds (if I did, I think I'd get even less
> work done than I already do!), so I can't comment intelligently on this
> problem.  I'll do some experimenting around and see if I can't (a)
> recreate the problem and (b) find a fix, however.

Thanks.  And I am sorry that offense was taken to my email...
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