On 2021-05-06, Richard Damon <rich...@damon-family.org> wrote: > On 5/6/21 9:12 AM, Jon Ribbens via Python-list wrote: >> Are you saying that the messages that appear occasionally from people >> such as Ethan Furman claiming to be moderators and alleging that >> particular people have been banned or suspended are lies? And that the >> message I received once saying that my comp.lang.python post had been >> rejected from the list was also a lie? > > No, as I mentioned in my other post. a "Moderated Mailing List" is > generally described as one which EVERY message is hand reviewed by a > person, and alloweed onto the list. python-list is NOT such a list.
It's a list. It has people who describe themselves as "moderators", who moderate it. If you want to say that a list with moderators who moderate it is not a moderated list then feel free to go right ahead, it's a free planet. > One advantage of mediums like mailing lists, is that it is quite easy to > setup methods where all the mail goes through a gatekeeper, and it > automatically approves most messages, but a limited number of messages > get held to be reviewed. This is generally NOT described as a Moderated > List. > > Usenet being a distributed system, doesn't support this model. You are mistaken, that is exactly how a moderated newsgroup works. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
