Outside of typo-fixes etc there's just about no obviously correct contribution by first timers. It's possible that those would suddenly appear, but I doubt it. And if there's any discussion, how would we guarantee it's archived somewhere under our control?
Well, then every email of such a casual contributor will get delayed. Sure, they could subscribe, and then disable delivery. But that's a somewhat arcane process.
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As for subscribe/disable, the process is "pick list, pick address, click confirm, click edit, check box to disable delivery". How is that arcane? And would it help to put that checkbox on subscription page?
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I'd *bet* that the number of new contributors that would think of doing so so is pretty close to zero. They'll suffer through the torrent of emails for a few days, and then unsubscribe. If we documented that as a basic step of a new "casual contributor guide", maybe?
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Not necessarily every mail -- it's pretty common practice by moderators to whitelist a poster after a couple of emails on a thread.
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