Digital BW, The Print

Hi Martin,

> Just to clarify things, we were only considering placing new members on
> moderated status when they first join the group. This would have no effect
> on current members. Only the first post of new members would be reviewed and
> if it was appropriate for the list they would be taken off of moderated
> status and their future posting would not be reviewed. This procedure would
> cut off the spammers but at the cost of new members not being able to
> immediately post to the group in the middle of the night to get help with a
> printing problem when they have a deadline the next morning.
> 
> No way would I place the entire group on moderated status! That would kill
> it off quicker than any amount of spam.

OK. I didn't fully understand what you were suggesting in your original message. However, even moderating a new user's first post would cause, IMO, unnecessary effort from you and/or Antonis and, as you said, might be an issue for the poster. We are all familiar with the occasional minor "frustrations" of quality quadtone printing and having a group like this where one can get nearly immediate response is GREAT! I think you would agree that when dealing with some of the issues we all face one just wants a quick resolution to an annoying problem.

> Good advice along with never replying to any e-mail from an unknown source
> no matter how logical their request may sound.

This is a general rule in my house. I also do not open e-mails forwarded through someone I know unless I know for fact that their e-mail is, at least, scanned for viruses.

Alan Huntley