On Fri, 11 Jul 1997 13:42:38 -0800, mlatterich at aim.salk.edu (M.
Latterich) wrote:
>Dear Microbiologists,
>>I have recently received many complaints that there is too much noise
on
>our newsgroup. This noise is mainly caused by people spamming the
group
>with unrelated messages.
>>In the past I was opposed to moderating our newsgroup because this
will
>cause some delay in posting to the group and will take away the
timeliness
>of discussion. This maybe the time to reconsider. I and maybe one or
two
>other volunteers could perform the task of moderation and we would
post
>once or twice a day to the newsgroup. The moderation will probably
reduce
>the number of unrelated messages, but some spammers are known to
succeed
>to bypass the moderation process and still may be able to post.
>>What I want to do now is solicit your opinion as to whether we should
>convert bionet.microbiology into a moderated newsgroup or leave it as
is.
>>Could all participants please send me an e-mail with YES (for
moderation)
>or NO (for as is) in the subject header by July 25 to the following
e-mail
>address:
>>mlatterich at aim.salk.edu>>If you have a comment, you may wish to send me an e-mail with COMMENT
>MICRO as subject header.
>>Thank you for your input.
>>Sincerely,
>>Martin Latterich, Ph.D.
>bionet.microbiology Discussion Leader
>mlatterich at aim.salk.edu
Please explain how "moderation" works. I appologise for my ignorance
in this matter.
Ted
