Up until yesterday I have been moderating all messages by first time posters. It hasn't been too bad, about one post a day. But it was something I had to attend to and it meant the occasional delay before people could see their first post. To free me of the daily necessity I have now turned this moderation off. This means posts will appear right away, which is good, but it also means we may start to see some spam on the list from time to time too. Google roups is pretty good at catching spam, though obviously not perfect. If anyone wants to take over new post moderation, and thus prevent any possibility of spam, let me know. Otherwise I hope others are ok with a little unwanted noise. Of course, if it gets real bad I will turn moderation back on, but I help manage a number of other lists and it's not been a major issue.
Yours, Trans P.S. I accidentally posted this to ruby-talk yesterday, if you were wondering.
