3 Feb
2002
3 Feb
'02
2:47 a.m.
John Lawson wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Jerome Fine replies:
(a) Just how many posts are there from non-subscribers each week -
I doubt there are very many since most who is interested in sharing
also is a member of the list.
(b) Does it matter if it takes a day or two to be monitored?
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Stan Sieler wrote:
I
think Sellam has a great point here, the more I think about it, that
non-subscriber posts perhaps should be routed to a moderator for a quick
scan before forwarding to the List or dev/nul as appropriate. I don't
think anyone would have a problem with this, since there doesn't seem to
be much of a grey area in what is Junque and what is junk. Also, there
really aren't much of the objectionable posts appearing, so it's not like
it's going to be a career move to act as a Screener. I don't mind a smattering of off-topic posts
... almost weekly, I
point people with questions about classic computers (or with
classic hardware they want to get rid of) to this list
True, but everytime
I've suggested moderating the list in the past it's
always run up against the Chicken Little's who claim the sky will fall. But: folks now need to step up and agree to take on
the SpaModerator
job. I don't mind doing it as time permits, although there would be
intervals of a few days when I would be unavailable...
Perhaps a couple of moderators would be helpful. Maybe even one for
each day of the week.
This might be one way to keep the List available to
the non-subscribers
who have Stuff of Interest, and keep the intrusions to a minimum.
I can't see it being a difficult job time wise if the numbers are low.
I'm wondering what other's opinions, and the
feelings of Jay West,
might be on this Topic??
Cheers
John
One alternative method INSTEAD of moderating for the short term is
to identify ALL incoming which are NOT from a subscriber in some
special manner. That way, if some individuals want to filter just those
messages, that would be very easy. If that works, then it may not be
a problem at all!
I hope this was short enough!