Readers of the edstat e-mail list may have noticed a few responses to messages they never saw. As listowner, I have been trying to reduce the amount of spam and other irritants that go to the list. Messages containing attachments (including html) and messages containing character strings that I specify are sent to me for approval before being sent to the list. This enables me to screen out dozens of messages containing viruses and advertisements every week.
I have also exercised my prerogative as list owner to screen out messages containing the string "HireAmericanCitizens" because I find their messages offensive and off-topic. Messages from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are sent to the newsgroup sci.stat.edu, not to the edstat e-mail list. They appear in the newsgroup, but I screen them out of the list. Responses to their messages that do not contain the string "HireAmericanCitizens" are, however, forwarded to the list. It is possible that other discrepancies between the list and the newsgroup will occur for the same reason. I'm not generally an advocate of censorship, but there do seem to be fewer problems associated with the list since we switched to new software that enables this limited kind of moderation. Jackie Dietz Listowner -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ E. Jacquelin Dietz (919) 515-1929 (phone) Department of Statistics, Box 8203 (919) 515-1169 (FAX) North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8203 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Street address for FedEx: Room 210E Patterson Hall, 2501 Founders Drive ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
