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Dear Biomch-L readers,
Having seen recently a number of (in my mind) inappropriate postings onto
Biomch-L from non-subscribers, this is to sollicit comments from the reader-
ship on a tentative and experimental policy change.
At present, the Biomch-L profile has Send= Public, and no Editors: anyone
can post a message onto the list, whether or not a subscriber. An alter-
native would be to use Send= Private, i.e., for registered subscribers only.
This would mean that postings from non-subscribed addresses (*including*
unregistered aliases!) would bounce back to the poster with a message that
(s)he is not authorized to post the message. For the moderators, this is
relatively easy, since they will not be informed, but for readers who
inadvertedly use another address, or whose mailer s/w, gateways etc. have
been changed, this could be an annoyance.
An additional option is to declare a first Editor and all subscribers as
co-editors, via the options Send= Editor and Editor= some@one.dom,(Biomch-L);
I understand that all registered subscribers can post in this way from their
registered Biomch-L address, whele rejected postings are diverted to the
some@one.dom address for the first editor's consideration; the poster is
notified of this fact.
In this way, the moderators can split their tasks: conventional delivery
errors (failing destination addresses) are sent to the active list owner(s),
while rejected transmissions are sent to the designated, first editor; I
would be happy to assume an editorial task for a trial period of, say 2 weeks
or one month, after which Krystyna, Ton and I would make a more definitive
decision.
Subscription to Biomch-L will remain OPEN, though, that is, there is no
prior control on who whishes to sign onto or off Biomch-L. The policy is
merely intended to minimize distributions of mass mailings and of uninten-
tional postings as we had a few days ago.
Before changing the profile of Biomch-L, I'd like to sollicit some comments
on this proposal, to be sent to me directly, not to the list:
(1) Do you feel that there are too many inappropriate postings onto Biomch-L?
(2) If so, could you specify those, and whether you can you live with them?
(3) Would you prefer Send= Private or Send= Editor as described above?
(4) Would you rather see that the Editor is just some@one.dom, so that even the
subscribers cannot post directly (N.B.: I am not a candidate for that type
of editorship! There are many lists, though, in which postings are bundled
on a weekly basis, and then sent out by the editor(s)).
(5) Any other comments will be welcome, too; for example, I am a relatively
active poster, and I would be grateful for feedback on the quality and
quantity of my items.
I'll summarize these responses (anonymously), and post the result.
Thanks for your attention,
Herman J. Woltring
Having seen recently a number of (in my mind) inappropriate postings onto
Biomch-L from non-subscribers, this is to sollicit comments from the reader-
ship on a tentative and experimental policy change.
At present, the Biomch-L profile has Send= Public, and no Editors: anyone
can post a message onto the list, whether or not a subscriber. An alter-
native would be to use Send= Private, i.e., for registered subscribers only.
This would mean that postings from non-subscribed addresses (*including*
unregistered aliases!) would bounce back to the poster with a message that
(s)he is not authorized to post the message. For the moderators, this is
relatively easy, since they will not be informed, but for readers who
inadvertedly use another address, or whose mailer s/w, gateways etc. have
been changed, this could be an annoyance.
An additional option is to declare a first Editor and all subscribers as
co-editors, via the options Send= Editor and Editor= some@one.dom,(Biomch-L);
I understand that all registered subscribers can post in this way from their
registered Biomch-L address, whele rejected postings are diverted to the
some@one.dom address for the first editor's consideration; the poster is
notified of this fact.
In this way, the moderators can split their tasks: conventional delivery
errors (failing destination addresses) are sent to the active list owner(s),
while rejected transmissions are sent to the designated, first editor; I
would be happy to assume an editorial task for a trial period of, say 2 weeks
or one month, after which Krystyna, Ton and I would make a more definitive
decision.
Subscription to Biomch-L will remain OPEN, though, that is, there is no
prior control on who whishes to sign onto or off Biomch-L. The policy is
merely intended to minimize distributions of mass mailings and of uninten-
tional postings as we had a few days ago.
Before changing the profile of Biomch-L, I'd like to sollicit some comments
on this proposal, to be sent to me directly, not to the list:
(1) Do you feel that there are too many inappropriate postings onto Biomch-L?
(2) If so, could you specify those, and whether you can you live with them?
(3) Would you prefer Send= Private or Send= Editor as described above?
(4) Would you rather see that the Editor is just some@one.dom, so that even the
subscribers cannot post directly (N.B.: I am not a candidate for that type
of editorship! There are many lists, though, in which postings are bundled
on a weekly basis, and then sent out by the editor(s)).
(5) Any other comments will be welcome, too; for example, I am a relatively
active poster, and I would be grateful for feedback on the quality and
quantity of my items.
I'll summarize these responses (anonymously), and post the result.
Thanks for your attention,
Herman J. Woltring