On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, John Witherspoon wrote:

> Some time ago I recall reading or hearing about a way to set a header such
> that once a subscriber had submitted his first post and had it approved by
> the editor or moderator, his subsequent posts would be allowed through
> automatically (i.e. once he had proved himself worthy of submitting
> worthwhile material).
>
John,

  We use this approach on my list.
  To your DEFAULT-OPTIONS=    add  Review
     This will make REVIEW the default for all future subscribers.  I
presume you don't want to apply this option to existing subscribers.
However, if you do, also send listserv the message:
quiet set [listname] review for *@*

     All messages from new subscribers (or all subscribers, depending
on which approach you took) will come to you.  Once you have identified
someone as a serious poster, change his or her option to NOREVIEW.  Some
people will never get changed because they remain lurkers, not posters.

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