List filtering (was Re: SOME ITEMs from another AOLamer)

From: Brian Chase <vaxzilla_at_jarai.org>
Date: Sun Feb 3 12:02:39 2002

On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Jerome Fine wrote:

> [...]
>
> One alternative method INSTEAD of moderating for the short term is
> to identify ALL incoming which are NOT from a subscriber in some
> special manner. That way, if some individuals want to filter just those
> messages, that would be very easy. If that works, then it may not be
> a problem at all!

I quite like this idea. It's a good compromise between leaving things
as they are, and outright blocking non-subscribers. Apart from pushing
the filtering decision out to the end user, it also will allow us to get
a better idea of how many non-subscriber submissions the list receives.

-brian.
Received on Sun Feb 03 2002 - 12:02:39 GMT