I know on Yahoogroups that you can place all new posters on
moderation. We do that with my big group. After they make one or two on
topic posts we then allow them un-moderated privileges. It has been a very
long time since I have worked with a "list-serve", but if it has that
ability then it gets my vote. If not, then your #3 gets my vote. I also
found this list via the newsgroup. I think a lot of the problem is members
of this list like to respond to off topic posts, which does nothing but add
more garbage to the archives. I guess they are not used to working with
newsgroups. There you just ignore the OT and keep on going. You also
learn to smudge your email address. I am afraid that if all members of
this group would vote they would do away with the tie to the newsgroup.

Hal - zone 7
Memphis TN

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