Joseph Jones University of British Columbia Library
jjones@unixg.ubc.ca http://www.library.ubc.ca/jones
> Hey, I hardly think a few ME TOOs consitutes a *consensus* for moderation.
> Spam is a fact of life on the internet and I don't find the situation
> on Corpora too bad. I have a filter set up on incoming mail which ensures
> I am not troubled by the routine stuff.
>
> I value unmoderated lists. It seems to me that the idea of an automated
> system that politely returned first postings with a request to repeat the
> posting if it is a serious one would be quite sufficient to block the vast
> majority of spam. Apart from such a system (which is no more than an
> automated form of subscribing) my vote is against moderation.
>
> David