From: ego AT juno DOT com
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 18:35:00 PST
Subject: Re: c.o.m.djgpp retro-moderated?
Message-ID: <19970307.131632.12086.0.ego@juno.com>
References: <199703022040 DOT PAA22429 AT delorie DOT com>


On 3 Mar 1997 05:55:37 GMT jesse AT lenny DOT dseg DOT ti DOT com (Jesse Bennett)
writes:
>In article <19970302 DOT 202634 DOT 4767 DOT 1 DOT chambersb AT juno DOT com>,
>	chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers) writes:
>> 
>> On Mon, 03 Mar 1997 01:31:09 +0100 Francois Charton
>> <deef AT pobox DOT oleane DOT com> writes:
>>>Is it worth the bother? There are extremely few off-topic threads, 
>>>which 
>>>do not represent a threat for the group. 
>> 
>> As I understand it, messages would be deleted _after_ they were sent 
>(I
>> can only comment on the mailing list, I never have {and likely never
>> will} used NG's).  If that's the case, then the only thing affected 
>will
>> be the compilation of the list, which is (I believe) on DJ's server. 
>
>> Since it's his server, his list, and his port, I say let DJ do 
>whatever
>> he wants with it.
>
>As I understand it, what DJ proposes is to moderate the USENET
>*newsgroup*, not the mailing list.  Of course DJ has every right to do
>whatever he pleases with his email gateway.  The newsgroup does not
>use any of DJ's personal resources.
>
>In fact, a moderated mailing list is probably a *very* good idea.
>This would allow the list subscribers to follow an abridged version of
>the newsgroup discussions while those who follow the USENET newsgroup
>would have access to the unmoderated discussions that take place
>there.  A mailing list digest of the current discussions would
>probably interest many as well.  The only problem with this is that it
>is a nontrivial amount of work for someone (IMHO this is true of any
>fair moderation scheme).
>
>--Jesse
>

I am on the mailing list, and off-topic messages dont bother me. With a
twitch of my wrist, i could just dit the delete button, and its gone.
But i have seen a couple of off-topic posts, that i have like. Leave it
up to the user to delete the unwanted mail.