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Old 05-11-2007, 08:27 PM posted to rec.ponds.moderated
Galen Hekhuis Galen Hekhuis is offline
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Default Paying for the moderation software for RPM

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:52:01 CST, Chris Barnes
wrote:

Galen Hekhuis wrote:
PS: I use a Listserv (tm - www.lsoft.com) email list as my moderation
tool. Besides being free (since the software is already hosted here at
my school), it allows non-usenet folks to participate by creating an
email mirror.


I realize moderation has been going on for some time, and that the
ideal solution would be to do the whole thing without paying a cent.
There are few programs out there that are suitable for a bunch of
folks moderating a newsgroup. The fact that there are several
moderators precludes using a system set up for only one. ISP
constraints and "lag time," or the time between when a post is made
and when in actually appears after moderation tend to work against any
email type scheme.


Listserv has a web interface. I use it daily for the admin/moderator tasks.


PS: We have had multiple moderators on rec.hunting since 1992 (when I
took over) using Listserv.


Shucks, your server considers me to be a "spam source" if I email, so
this gets posted.

Far out! Who should I contact?
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Galen Hekhuis
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