Re: [ga] Austerity measures

[Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales <vany@sdnp.org.pa>]

Hi Roberto:

And let me add some comments also!
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Roberto Gaetano wrote:

> Philip,
>
> Let me add a couple of words to Alexander's comments below.
>
> >
> >Well, it not so surprising that there is duplication,
> >considering that GA-full is GA *plus* the postings
> >of people temporarily banned according to the list rules.
> >
>
> Plus spam messages (and generally speaking submissions from non-members),
> that are filtered.
To avoid submissions of non-members it just only takes that the mailing
list is setted up to be closed.  If you want to avoid a known spammer to
post (and because the list is closed, of course, it is a member of the
list) it just take to add him to a list in Sendmail that deny access to
such spammer.  But this is not a thing done by Elizabeth.  This has to be
done by the technical staff of AFNIC!!!  The Technical staff of AFNIC is
payed to dedicate part time job to DNSO (for me part time means four hours
a day).

> >The list is a result of a heated discussion regarding
> >a potential problem which -- at least in my view, but
> >maybe me being a list monitor makes me biased ;) --
> >has not happened and I hope will never happen.
> >
> >Taking away the choice may make further discussions
> >about breaches of the list rules resemble the bitter
> >struggles before the two lists compromise was reached.
>
> Additionally, there will be very little advantage (timewise) in abolishing
> the ga-full, IMHO, as it is completely unmoderated and therefore will
> require less work than the other lists.
That's my initial statement in this discussion.  The GA-FULL is
unmoderated.  Then there's no excuse to close it!!!

> OTOH, I would not recommend to shut down the moderated list either, as the
> vast majority of the subscriber seem to prefer (and implicitely endorse) the
> monitoring effort.
Agree with you.  But the issue here is that Elizabeth proposed to close te
GA-FULL (unmoderated) and not the GA (moderated).   And I don't
understand why she is monitoring an unmoderated list!

Best Regards
Vany



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