On 6 Apr 2004 at 14:08, E. Jacquelin Dietz wrote: Please do not disable the list! I am using a modem connection (not cheap!) so it is impossible for me to take over the list, but for modem users email lista are much better than newsgroups! To use a newsgroup, I have to be connected when reading, which is not reasonable!
The problem with viruses could be resolved by disallowing attachments altogether? Kjetil Halvorsen > Dear EdStat readers, > > This summer, I am leaving NC State University for a position at > Meredith College, a small liberal arts college for women about a mile > down the road from NC State. I will not be able to continue as EdStat > listowner in my new position. Because of various summer commitments, > I would like to hand off (or discontinue) the EdStat list by the end > of May, at the latest. > > If anyone is interested in taking over as listowner, that would be > great, and I will do anything I can to help you get started. I think > we need to consider, however, whether spam and viruses have rendered > the mailing list obsolete. Perhaps the existing sci.stat.edu > newsgroup could fulfill the need that has been met by the list. > > Some history for those who are interested: > > The EdStat list was started in 1991 by Tim Arnold at NC State. Since > at least 1992, there has been an associated newsgroup (sci.stat.edu). > Messages posted to the list are automatically forwarded to the > newgroup and visa versa. Tim left NC State in 1997, and I took over > as listowner. In November 2002, because of spam, the list was > configured so that only subscribers could post. All messages from > nonsubscribers are forwarded to me for approval. This includes > messages that were posted to the newsgroup by people who are not > subscribed to the list. > > To give you an idea of how the list has degenerated, I collected the > following data between 5:00 pm on Friday, March 26, and 5:00 pm on > Friday, April 2. > > 32 messages were posted directly to the list by subscribers. > 568 messages came to me for approval. > Of the 568, 73 contained large binary attachments that were probably > viruses. Of the 568, 42 were legitimate messages that I forwarded to > the list. The remaining 453 out of the 568 were spam. > > Note that more than half of the legitimate messages (42 out of 32+42) > were from non-subscribers; most of those were posted to the newsgroup. > There are currently 318 subscribers to the list, but many (most?) of > the regular posters use the newsgroup. > > Please let me know if, despite the data above, you would like to take > this on! If no one expresses interest by mid May, I will post > instructions about how to use the newsgroup, and I will disable the > list. > > Jackie > -- > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 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 220A 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/ . > ================================================================= . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
