On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> A problem with newsgroups is that individuals will get spammed for
> posting. The newsgroup will get spammed too.
The group could be formed as a moderated group, but that would
mean some central "authority," whether human or software, would
have to approve each article before it was posted.
Another solution is retromoderation, which gives wider than
"usenet convention" paramaters on what is cancelable or not.
rec.crafts.glass is (was) beginning to get more garbage than
many of us like, so I rewrote the charter, and it's now in the
process of being voted upon. Once it passes, those of a mind
to be "monitors," can cancel any post which falls outside the
charter's parameters.
> Some newsgroups have
> become almost unuseable due to the traffic in spam.
And others... again I point to comp.lang.python... which is also
a mail list, have almost none.
> Another problem
> is that some of our newbies don't know how to get into newsgroups.
> The mailing list concept works best.
Why not have your cake and eat it too? ;-)
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Steve Ackman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Glass Host, Arts & Crafts http://www.delphi.com/crafts
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