Recent Spam and new classiccmp server status

From: Charles E. Fox <foxvideo_at_wincom.net>
Date: Fri May 10 13:04:18 2002

At 09:44 AM 10/05/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Started loading the new classiccmp server. Nice machine. Soon as I finish
>installing, I will post a url to some pictures of the unit, plus I will post
>a complete public accounting for all the costs and what each person donated.
>If any of the people who donated don't want their name/amount publicized,
>just let me know right away. I would normally not publicize donor/amount,
>but I want to make sure everyone sees that it's all above board & all and
>the funds were used appropriately. Needless to say there were no overages in
>the donation amount, so I covered the rest.
>
>I'm looking at the possibility of creating two lists, but keep them linked
>in one direction (if that's possible). classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org and
>classiccmp-flamers_at_classiccmp.org (no, I wouldn't call the second list that,
>but you get the idea). I was thinking that first list would be very
>carefully moderated. The second list would be watched for sillyness, but
>much less stringent. This sounds like breaking the list in two - but it's
>not - because anything posted to the regular list would mirror to the
>"flamers" list. The reverse would not be true. Thus, people can choose which
>list they subscribe to. If you want tightly moderated traffic that is
>strictly technical gems, subscribe to the first. If you also want to be able
>to see "friendly chat", subscribe to the second list instead. Subscribers to
>the 2nd list will see technical posts on the first list, but subscribers on
>the first list won't see the "junk" on the second list. Yes, this is an
>attempt to make everyone happy which is rarely possible, and it puts the
>burden of choice on the user to decide how they want to see things. I
>haven't thought this through and don't even know that it's possible, but
>wanted to let folks know what I was considering.
>
>Also - because of the recent advertisements/spam that have made it to the
>list, I want to change the address we use for posting to the list. If anyone
>has suggestions, please send them to me in private email. I always thought
>classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org was repetitive anyways. And of course, HELPFULL
>suggestions for the name of the second (and linked) list would be most
>appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jay West

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Received on Fri May 10 2002 - 13:04:18 BST

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