Re: [ga-rules] Bounced Messages & Other List Administration

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>]

At 00:56 31.05.2001 +1000, Alternate Chair wrote:
>There are therefore three types of postings I might make (1) my own views on
>a subject of interest (2) reposts and corrections (3) GA announcements.
>Trying to perform these tasks could easily lead me to exceed my personal
>daily posting limit.  This would be a valid but unworthy cause for concern.
>
>Of course, I could easily just ignore mis-postings, filter bounced messages
>and not re-post ICANN Announcements or other relevant emails.  I see that as
>bowing to form rather than substance.  A better solution is to refer
>complaints of excess postings to the List Monitors who can make an impartial
>assessment.  Pity that this just adds to their already large burden.

Patrick,
1) There are ways of reposting a message (usually called "Redirect" or 
"resend") where the message appears to come from the original sender, not 
from you. You need the majordomo "approval password" to do this, of course.

2) Unless the message is urgent and important, I think it is better to 
advise the sender that it was bounced than to forward it. That way, people 
who want to be heard learn.

3) GA announcements should not be reposted, IMHO. Those who are on the 
announce list get them, those who aren't may have a reason not to be.
If an announcement is of special importance to the GA, you should send a 
message saying WHY it is important and an URL to the announcement archive 
entry.

In short - I think you could reduce your own workload and the list traffic 
by doing less, and there would be no harm to the GA in doing so.

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