"Shapira, Yoav" wrote: > > Hi, > > >It seemed to me that in the old days, posts were held until a moderator > >let them through. > > That was true for some lists. Very few lists are so light in traffic > that that's possible now.
Ah. The way I understood it before was that new subscribers were allowed to post but their posts would get moderated until putting them on a "good poster" list. I guess I was mistaken about the last part, but it would be a pretty good system. > > >subscribers was explained. As I undertand it, none of these messages > >would have made it through under that system. > > That's true, but that system is not feasible for tomcat-dev and > tomcat-user, as it requires moderators to screen thousands of messages > daily. > > >I wouldn't call the current situation as "moderated" so much as > >"managed". Is there a reason that the developers list allows posting > >from non-subscribers? Or are these troubled addresses actually fully > >subscribed? > > All these addresses are fully subscribed (i.e. they responded to the > subscription confirmation message). Only subscribed addresses may post > here. Thanks for the information. I'm not one to sit by and critique something that I'm not willing to help out on. So, I'd be willing to help out if needed. I'm not a committer, but I've been reading this list for years. -Paul > > Yoav Shapira > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, > and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. > This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may > not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not > the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer > system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
