As a non-listowner, but a subber who is aware of this, wouldn't it be
better to set them to moderate their postings for a probationary time? Or
let them get mail but not send??? I realize that most listowners/moms of
large lists don't have time to do everyone like that, but it is possible.

Jann


>In certain lists hosted here (all with SEND= EDITOR, EDITOR= (list)),
>we've experienced some hit-&-run posting -- [log in to unmask] will
>subscribe, post something generally nasty, and immediately signoff.
>
>One of our subscribers suggests that all new subscriptions be set NOPOST
>by default for 30 days to prevent such occurrences and also to allow new
>readers to serve an apprenticeship, thereby avoiding uninformed or
>otherwise inappropriate postings due to inexperience.
>
>Can anyone suggest a mechanism (beyond DEFAULT-OPTIONS= NOPOST) that can
>implement such a scheme without the list owner having to keep manual
>records of subscription dates?  What would help with this and a lot of
>other matters is a user exit to allow local processing of new
>subscriptions.
>                                           /bec
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