On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:42:08 +0000, "Thomas Dalton"
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I think that membership should not require
explicit approval, but
> pre-moderation of the first few posts would be reasonable. Inability
> to post-moderate is a problem, but that needs new software.
I believe all new members *are* moderated until one of
the moderators
explicitly decides they can be trusted (which usually only takes one
or two good messages, I think). If by "post-moderate" you mean
removing bad emails without requiring all emails to be pre-approved,
that's impossible, with any software, since it would involve deleting
emails off mail servers around the world...
It means using forum software not a list manager. Which is a
fundamental change.
Believe it or not, as the lead administrator of a global mail
network for a Fortune 500 company I *do* know how email works ;o)
Guy (JzG)
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