- My opinions and thoughts are inline...
> From: Jeffrey Sharp
>
> This email contains answers to recent member questions, some new questions
> for members, and news of recent changes.
>
> .. Many
> people include email addresses in their sig blocks or introduce quoted
> text
> with "On mm/dd/yyyy, name <user_at_domain> wrote:" or similar lines. The
> obfuscator doesn't obfuscate these things, so the whole feature seems
> rather
> worthless to me. The spam-conscious should definitely use a different
> safety
> method.
>
- Keep the obfuscator running anyway...
> ....
>
> NEW QUESTIONS:
>
> Considering how vulnerable it is (see above), would anybody mind if I
> turned
> off the obfuscator?
>
- Yes. Heh, looks like I answered this before you even asked. ;)
> Currently, "[CCTECH]" is prepended to all subject headers sent to cctech.
> Would anyone mind if I lowercased that to "[cctech]"? The capital letters
> seem to be screaming a little too much.
>
- Go ahead. Sounds fine to me.
> Would anyone mind if "[cctalk]" was appended to all subject headers sent
> to
> cctalk?
>
- Hmmm, I recall a bit of noise when it was used originally. Isn't
that why it was killed before? Personally, I don't mind it, though.
> What are our opinions on the two-lists solution?
>
- So far, so good.
> Cctech isn't currently moderated. In fact, it never has been AFAIK. It
> seems
> to have stayed on-topic without moderation. Are we ready for moderation to
> be turned on, or should we consider alternatives?
>
- Keep it as-is. The threat of moderation seems to be working okay. If
it does get out of hand, then turn on the moderation.
> RECENT CHANGES
>
> ...
>
> The date shown for archived posts has been changed from the 'sent' date
> (what the author says the date is) to the 'resent' date (what the
> classiccmp
> server thinks the date is). This will protect our archive from the people
> whose computers think it is 1970.
>
- Ahhh. Consistency is a good thing. :)
Overall, many thanks to those who put in much time keeping these
lists running smoothly.
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