At 16:08 -0700 24/1/08, Dean Mah wrote: >That would be an issue to take up with the css-d owner and moderators. > evolt.org takes not manage the list, we only host it. > >There must be reasons for the list being completely moderated and I >would suspect that the amount of time that a message is held is >related to the number of moderators and their schedules. > >Dean >- on behalf of evolt.org
Thank you Dean The fault is mine. I misread Rob's initial email and thought that this had been happening to him repeatedly (rereading it, it patently says nothing of the kind). We hold new subscribers' posts for moderation to make sure that they are not spammers signing up to unleash their wicked ways. Once we've seen that a new poster is ok, then we unmoderate them. Of course, the mailman interface doesn't allow us to see when subscribers signed up or when they were unmoderated which might have checked my foolhardy blustering. Though probably not, since today there has been a lag of at least several hours with mail which was probably the thing which led me furthest up the wrong path. Idiot moderator. Let me remind myself (and others on the list) of this passage in the list's guidelines: >>>> If it's taking a long time for your post to show up, wait. When traffic flows are heavy and the server gets overtaxed, it can be a few hours before your message gets processed and sent out to everyone. On the other hand, if you can see from the timestamps that people who posted after you have had their messages go out, something else may be wrong. Wait a while longer, and then contact the list administrators. Do not post a "test" message to the list. It will either have no effect, or make you look foolish. <<<< http://www.css-discuss.org/policies.html Mail can take a long time. >> That's unacceptable. We're posting for help and expecting something back in >> a reasonable amount of time. Having to wait 12 hours before a post is >> released results in losing a day's work. >> >> Tim Burkart I don't know where this quote came from, but I'd like to take this opportunity to address it. You only have to wait for approval the very first time you post. As often as not, that approval is given within a couple of hours, if not even sooner. The list exists as a community resource. No one is owed anything by the list. If someone loses a day's work because their question wasn't answered quickly enough for them (whether the delay was caused by slothful moderators or apathy from the list in general), then that, I am afraid, is their lookout. Don't leave things to the last minute. Don't expect instant miracles from the list. Treat it right and it will treat you right too. Spread the CSS love... Alex "Soon to be sleeping with the fish" Robinson css-d moderator ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
