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Hal Keen <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:59:39 -0500
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> A subscriber on "review" was able to post directly to the list
> (message did not come to me for approval). See a portion of the list
> header below (e-maill address and list name changed).
>
> Can anyone explain how this might happen? Thanks!

I think I was the last person to bring this up. You and I were both guilty
of treating a design bug as a feature, according to the designer, who
eventually "bit the bullet" and fixed it. See

http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0412&L=LSTOWN-L&P=R1501&D=0&I=-3&T=0
for the full explanation.

I addressed this by removing the "self-moderation" provision (removing the
list name from Editor= ), and then giving EDITOR option settings to most of
my subscribers. Those who would have been set to REVIEW in the earlier
version were not made editors; in my list's case, that involves one
untrusted character, plus (at any given time) a few newbies.

This took a bit of effort, but it was worth it. I got back the list behavior
I had before the upgrade from 18e.

Hal Keen

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