So, I'm going to try doing this a different way. What I want is volunteers who will undertake to, when it is convenient, sift through the currently unsifted-through postings to ukcrypto and choose candidates for moderation (and rejection). This will be done via an IMAP server, so volunteers need to have an email client that is capable of handling shared IMAP folders without frying its brains. If potential volunteers are in doubt as to whether they qualify, get in touch and we'll figure it out.
To explain a little more clearly what is entailed... there will be a folder with a copy of all ukcrypto mail in it. Volunteers will examine this and, for each message, do one of three things:
a) Leave it where it is (when in doubt)
b) Move it to a "rejected" folder
c) Move it to a "premoderation" folder
I will then do final moderation on the contents of the premoderation folder (to be clear: I'll also do premoderation, just like everyone else).
The idea behind this is that the load will be spread over the volunteers, so each one will only have to deal with a fraction of the total volume, _and_ moderation will be done in a convenient and familiar fashion, with threading and all that good stuff.
I'm copying this to Perry's list because I'm sure there are people who might like to read the output of this process (and might, therefore, volunteer as premoderators), but are not on ukcrypto because of the volume. Please feel free to forward this to other lists/individuals that might be interested.
Pre-moderators, please apply directly to me.
Discussion/questions can go wherever you prefer.
Cheers,
Ben.
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