On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 Gaertk at aol.com wrote: #Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes: #> #> This list is moderated. Newsgroups are open to anyone and #> can get a heavy load of spammers and trolls. I've been #> using newsgroups since the Internet was first DARPANet #> (early eighties), and I *really* value the civility and, #> let me say, "trashlessness" of this list. # #The moderation of this list is very loose though. Has any #post ever been censored? We wouldn't necessarily know. But can any non-subscriber post to this list? If not, we have a filter right there. In my work I run 5 email lists for people on my project. In the past week or two the address of one of those lists has been receiving 2-5 emails each day, from unfamiliar addresses, that either carry the MyDoom virus or say "Your mail has been refused because (it carries a virus / you are not a subscriber to this list / ...)". None of my subscribers ever sees those, because all mail from non-subscribers gets held for moderator's (my) approval unless I have put the sender on a whitelist, which I do for people like programmers and sysadmins who sometimes need to send notices to my lists. I haven't seen any of that cr at p here, have you? -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website