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Hi, Dale. |
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On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:58:08PM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> Indi wrote: |
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> > Generally speaking, either messages sent to the list should be instantaneously |
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> > available after hitting "send" OR someone is delaying the messages so |
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> > they can be confirmed On Topic, or at least not spam? |
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> > Crazy thought... |
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> But WHO is going to do that? Since it is rare that this mailing list |
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> sees spam, I don't think it is worth the effort. |
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I suspect it is rare to see spam precisely because someone (or some two) |
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is moderating the list. There are all sorts of strategies for doing |
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this. Perhaps a set of core people get straight through, but unknowns |
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have to wait in the queue for checking. |
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That this Sinaporeish man got through is perhaps a simple accident. |
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> The only bad thing is that I don't mark them as spam because I'm |
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> worried some legitimate mail may get marked as spam. |
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> The plus of instant is if someone is needing help fast, you get replies |
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> a lot faster. |
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> I thought you had to be subscribed to the list to send a message? |
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Who's controlling the subscriptions? |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). |
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