Dragaera

Mailing list vs. forum

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Wed Feb 11 07:15:20 PST 2004

Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes:

> 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.

I haven't turned on message moderation ever on this list, so the
messages have all gone out before I had a chance to consider them. But
I have had subscriber-only posting turned on from day one. 
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