After several years of running other lists, I've recently inherited a list
with a long, long history. I'm trying to fix it up after an extended
absence/illness by the previous listowner.
I've got a few questions, mostly related to "Why would anyone do this?"
(This is intended to bring out some of your thoughts on the best way to
achieve certain goals. I would like your opinions please.)
I understand what each of the keywords *do*, but I'm having trouble
understanding why anyone would set the header this way.
The list is gated to Usenet as a bit.listser.xxxx list. (I've taken out
the name of the list, just to protect the innocent. :) )
Here's the relevant header info:
Send= Public Subscription= Open,Confirm
Confirm-Delay= 120 h Subject-Tag= Listname
Daily-Threshold= 100,5 Sizelim= 300
Default-options= repro,ack,editor,subj
Default-Topics= News, Bio, KAL, Humor, Prayer, Announcements, Other
SENDER= [log in to unmask] Review= OWNERS
VALIDATE= YES,CONFIRM ACK= yes
Renewal= monthly, Delay(14),probe
Auto-Delete= Yes,Semi-Auto,Delay(5),Max(100)
Newsgroups= bit.listserv.listname
Digest= Yes,Same,Daily,00,Size(1000)
NOTIFY= YES FILES= NO REPLY-TO= LIST,IGNORE
CONFIDENTIAL= NO X-TAGS= YES STATS= NORMAL,Owner
Mail-Via= DISTRIBUTE Errors-To= owners
NOTEBOOK= YES, /listserv/archives/listname ,WEEKLY,PUBLIC
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Specific questions:
Why would the list be Send= Public? (for Usenet purposes?)
Why set everyone to editor as a default?
There seems to be no way to moderate the list, is there?
How does the usenet gateway post to the list? If someone were to reply to
a Usenet post, does it just go to the list as a regular subscriber? (The
gateway is set as editor, with no other special settings.)
Aren't Files and Stats obsolete?
I'm not sure I completely understand how the gateway works, but I'm
thinking that the list should be Send= private, with the Gateway address
set to Review, (That way, all posts via Usenet get sent to me for
approval.) Also, no one would be set to Editor as a default, just a few
would be specified in the header. (There are numerous "daily" posts,
mostly under a specific Topic.)
Thanks,
Lou
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