totally agree :)
On 03/05/2012, at 10:44 AM, Dave Torr wrote:
> I agree with Bill - no system is perfect - I get spam from other
> sources as well even though my mail system filters out most of it. The
> alternative would probably lead to an overload of the moderators and
> who knows - maybe no system at all if they all blow a fuse!
>
> On 3 May 2012 10:35, Bill Stent <> wrote:
>> Carl (and others)
>>
>> It's a bit of a balance between safety and reader convenience (ie
>> everyone manually moderated and no spam) and speed of posting (ie no
>> moderating and heaps of spam).
>>
>> The balance that Russell has gone for is, as you know, individual
>> people (new members and, shall we say "some others") being manually
>> moderated. It's never going to be a system that's perfect, as you can
>> see with the occasional bits of spam slipping through, in this case,
>> by claiming to be from an address that is (or, should I say "was")
>> unmoderated. On the other hand, when people who are on the moderated
>> list post, there's often a long delay in delivery if no moderators are
>> on-line. There are only about five of us, and particuarly on weekends
>> or at night, we're not available, so postings have to wait. You may
>> have noticed there's often a flurry of posts at about 5am on weekdays,
>> as one of the moderators gets up at an unfeasibly early hour
>> (personally I think he has his blackberry inserted in his cranial
>> cavity and he moderates while he sleeps - legend!).
>>
>> Personally, I'm happy with the way things are.
>>
>> Bill (also a proud member of the "moderated" list - how does that work?)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Carl Clifford <>
>> wrote:
>>> Dear B-A and Moderators,
>>>
>>> I think that the moderators on B-A should read every post, rather than just
>>> those on the "naughty step" (such as myself). This would prevent spam and
>>> possibly malware bearing messages, such as the message purporting to be
>>> from Andrew Plimer getting through. The link on this morning's appears to
>>> be from a Canadian pharmacy, no doubt offering little blue pills. I get my
>>> little blue pills from the Chemist and dutifully take 3 every morning.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Carl Clifford
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
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