How to Run a workflow on an item inserted by an anonymous user

Question

Is there a way to start a sharepoint designer workflow on an item inserted by an anonymous user on an internet-facing Sharepoint publishing site. As far as i understand, as of the infrastructure updates, workflows cannot be started on new items inserted by an anonymous user or a system admin. We are using Moss 2007 with SP2.

What we need to do is a feedback list that sends an email on the event of a new item inserted to the list by an anonymous user.

Answer 1

I know this doesn't help if your stuck with designer but you can have an ItemAdded event that contains a bit of code which starts the workflow itself. Or which may be more applicable, sending the email directly from the ItemAdded event. Workflow is best used for long processes that involve user interaction.