I agree. Moderation of first posters has major risks, especially if the moderators are idle, or in case of an issue which moderators are not aware of.
If moderation be concluded, I am willing to moderate messages of first-time posters, six days per week, fifteen hours per day. Kind reagrds, Schimon On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:31:24 +0100 Guus der Kinderen <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings Schimon, > > Thank you for raising this. > > I'm concerned that moderating all first-time posters may be worse > than the problem it aims to solve. Reviewing the archives, there > appear to be only six or seven spam messages in the past year, though > admittedly several were recent. > > There's a balance to strike between preventing spam and remaining > welcoming to new contributors. At present, I'm not convinced stronger > moderation would be beneficial, though it's something we should > continue to monitor. > > Kind regards, > > Guus > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 11:22 AM Schimon Jehudah <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Greetings. > > > > I advise to moderate people who have never posted to this > > mailing-list. > > > > It is bad enough that there is only a single official mailing-list; > > and > > > > Having issues with that single one will even worse. > > > > Please advise. > > > > Kindly, > > Schimon > > _______________________________________________ > > Standards mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
