Richard Damon writes: > On 7/15/13 4:03 PM, Nezih Yasar wrote: > > We have enough additional lists sharing the traffic but this is an alumni > > list without moderation. It has a central role. Each alumni has a right to > > affiliate the list.
OK. I still suspect that starting a new list for active discussants would be useful as part of a strategy to deal with this, but it has its disadvantages. > > Our members agree on two-mail-per-day restriction convinced that it > > disciplines writing to this central list. So this is a rule in our > > procedural document which is like a regulatory framework. OK. It's really important that you have the backing of the membership, in my experience. Most people like having a strong list owner who enforces such rules that are generally and publicly agreed, but if it looks like you're making up a new rule, people you really want on your side will fear you are setting up as censor. (Even if it's a very objective rule like "2 per day".) > > I am not sure whether this situation requires such a tool, some of our > > members demand it. > One simple solution is once you detect the violator, put them on > moderation and actively limit their posting. I agree with Richard, this is the quick and simple solution. You probably should discuss it with the community before implementing it, though. It has a number of social advantages. The offenders (against the community custom) are punished, and feel an appropriate amount of pain. The pain can be calibrated (by the frequency of moderation, once a day, once every other day, etc, and by the length of time the member is place on moderation). I'll think about writing a "PosterThrottle" handler to implement your requirements, but it will take a week or two. Steve ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
