On Thursday 14 August 2003 17:12, Paul Winkler wrote: > Hi folks, your friendly temporary list-admin here. > (Joern's on vacation and I'm filling in.) > > We seem to be getting quite a lot of spam lately. > Currently the list is "open" - non-members can post. > > I'd like to take an informal poll: > > Should the LAD list remain totally open, or should
non-member postings require moderator approval > > I should point out that the LAU list requires approval > for non-member postings, and it seems to be no problem > in my very-limited experience managing the lists: > I check the pending-approval queue at least once a day, find > nothing but spam, and throw it away. Approving a legit non-member > posting would be trivially easy.
