Hello, may I suggest that when someone joins the list, they can Somehow know that at first they are unmoderated status? I had a feeling that that might be the case but I wasn't sure. Thanks Lelia
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 24, 2013, at 7:56 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. I got a bit behind on going through the moderated messages queue. > This was in part because I had access technology testing all day Thursday in > Austin, and then because I had other personal things to deal with this > weekend. Consequently I got behind on going through the queue. However such > is life when you are moderated. I've since allowed the right messages to go > through, and so you should see them shortly. I also just removed around 25 > messages which were held in the moderation queue because they were from > people who are on moderation asking why their messages were not making it to > the list. There are 2 reasons why this is so, and this is really the major > reason for this post. I'll explain below. > > Reason 1. You are a new member. If you are a new member, then this one is for > you and you don't have to read reason 2. If you are not a new member, then > skip this and read reason 2. I define a new member as someone who has joined > in the last couple of weeks. By default, all new members are on automatic > moderation. This isn't because I like that sort of control. Instead it's > because anyone can join this list. Unfortunately that also means spammers. > So, I have the list set to automatically make new members moderated. Once I > see that the new members are doing 2 things I will remove the moderation flag > and then their posts will no longer be moderated. The 2 things are; 1, the > member is a real person not posting obvious spam, and 2, the member is > posting on topic messages and not one liners or other useless messages. > > Reason 2. You are not a new member, but you are on moderation. If you are not > a new member, meaning that you have joined more than 2 weeks ago, and you are > on moderation, it's for 1 of 3 reasons. 1, you used to be a new member and > are obviously a real person, but you are constantly posting off topic > messages or one liner messages and so your moderation flag never got removed. > 2, You used to not be on moderation, but you were added to it because of > posting off topic messages, one liners, or were rude or attacked another list > member. 3, There is no reason 3. I just want to see if you are actually > reading this. > > In the case of new members, once I determine after a few messages that you > are a real person and are posting on topic messages I'll remove the > moderation. In the cases where you are on moderation for any other reason > other than being a new member, I'll write you privately when I remove your > moderation flag, or I will write you to remind you that you are still on > moderation and explain why. > > I hope this helps clear things up. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Finally heading to the comic book store. My cardiovascular system is pumping > with joy. =) - Sheldon Cooper > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
