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OT: list administration

UGA Listserv Admin
- A recurring problem for some: your posts are moderated.  I'm the moderator,
and I'm not reading mail 24x7, so they're delayed.

Why are you being moderated?  Because we don't want spam on the list, so we
restrict posting to subscribers, and you're sending mail from an address
different from the address at which you're subscribed to the list.

Possible solutions:
        - send from your subscribed address
        - unsubscribe from the old address and subscribe from the new
        - ask me to change your address on the list if you can't do either of
        the above

- Something to consider: making the archives of this list private (available
only to subscribers).

We often get requests to delete many year old posts from the archives that could
potentially embarrass the sender, which I almost always decline for various
reasons, mostly technical.

I'd like to know what list memebers think about the archive question.. reply is
set to myself, and I won't see replies to the list, so please reply only to
[hidden email].  Thanks!

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***Jean Snow                                       [hidden email] ***
*** EITS Core Services Support/Postmaster/Listserv Admin            ***
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Re: OT: list administration

Richard Ristow
Dear Jean,

At 10:51 PM 9/27/2006, you wrote:

>- Something to consider: making the archives of this list private
>(available only to subscribers).
>
>We often get requests to delete many year old posts from the archives
>that could potentially embarrass the sender, which I almost always
>decline for various reasons, mostly technical.
>
>I'd like to know what list memebers think about the archive question..

Well, I was brought up be a research librarian; I never want to delete
old information. I wouldn't purge old material.

And a list like this is mostly a technical resource. Restricting the
archives to subscribers only would reduce its utility, there.

So, there's one opinion....

-With warm regards,
  Richard