> From: Ben.Goren@asu.edu
> Subject: Re: Superhighway Growth
>
> A suggestion some of you might wish to consider: pick a dozen or so
> regulars you've got now, people whom you trust, and make them all list
> editors . (With Eric Thomas' LISTSERV, mail sent to the list goes to
> editors, if specified, and only an editor or an owner can actually post. I
> suspect other programs have similar facilities.) Then, if somebody wants to
> post, it first gets filtered through the regulars. If any one of them
> thinks it's worth passing on to the list, it goes through. If the editors
> wish, they can come to some sort of consensus to add new people to their
> ranks.
At the moment, the list I run (uk-motss) supports a little used
'Distribution:' header. At the moment it's used for the women's
sub-list and for priority messages, which override the digest system.
I suppose an extension of the suggestion above would be to use
Keywords or Distribution headers, and have the list editors classify
each incoming message, so that it's only sent to people who have
expressed an interest in those subjects. By allowing messages with
valid Keywords headers through automatically, you could retain some of
the immediacy; the delays on messsages that weren't classified by the
sender should encourage them to get into the habit.
Nigel.
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