> -----Original Message----- > From: mike scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 3:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [users] Newsgroup moderation > > On 16 Jun 2008 at 23:02, Drew Jensen wrote: > > > Jerry Clancy wrote: > > > > > > Seemingly lacking in self-moderation, this list is in desperate > need of > > > a heavy-handed Moderator. Posters should be warned for > inappropriate > > > postings and removed or blocked if they persist in posting > > > inappropriately. And a little ego depression, tolerance and charity > to > > > all wouldn't hurt. Take the rants to appropriate blogs but keep > them out > > > of here. > > > > > > I also believe that the newsgroups should be broken into different, > > > functional groups (e.g., Base, Writer, etc.) to further focus them > and > > > reduce the volume of reading for people only interested in one > function. > > Please don't forget that this is actually an email list, and that > gmane only gateways the list proper into their newsgroup. > > The email list does have moderators - but only mail from unsubscribed > addresses goes to them. Subscribers to the list have direct, > unmoderated access as I understand it. I don't know what the > situation is with submissions coming via gmane.
It's a double-edged sword. Only unsubscribed posts get moderated. That allows subscribed posts - static and all - to get posted very quickly. <snip> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
