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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 02:48:55 +0200
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc: Yoav Cohen-Sivan <ycs@netvision.net.il>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Better SNR suggestion for the mailing lists
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On Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 06:42:35PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote:
> Eivind Eklund wrote:
> > 
> > Well, moderated lists generally have more benefits than closed-to-post
> > lists.  The problems are mostly when discussions start warping with
> > the regular subscribers, anyway...
> 
> Yeah, we tend to get a lot of discussions that should be moved to -chat
> more quickly.
> 
> Perhaps a semi-moderated list would work well, where the "moderator(s)"
> can kill a topic?  I don't know of Majordomo, or any other list manager,
> supports such a feature, but it would sure be nice.
> 
> On Planet FreeBSD, such a kill would be a sure sign the thread needs to
> move to -chat or just DIE.

This may a be a good idea for -hackers and -current - but for a good
architecture list, I think we need a real moderator.  We _don't_ want
to get it over-trafficed and have the brilliant coders quit it.

Eivind.

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