On 2 Jun 97 20:29:14 -0400, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>On Mon, 2 Jun 1997 17:32:56 -0500, Bill Harrison <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>>We just went to 2 moderators and want BOTH moderators to get ALL the
>>messages to OK, instead of the load being split between the two.
>
>>  moderator= all, mod1, mod2
>
>This is not valid.  The only easy method I know for distributing the
>approval request to more than one person is to have a second LISTSERV list
>(to which the moderators are subscribed, and which is also set up as an
>Editor in the primary list) as the target rather than individual addresses.
>Thus, there is no way to turn off the 'load balancing' feature.

Here is the section out of the manual that I got this idea from. It is
in appendix B. The "Moderator=" section

------------------------ Manual----------------------------------
Note that all editors may still post directly to the list, but only
those editors defined
     by "Moderator=" will have messages from non-editors forwarded to
them. Beginning
     with 1.8c, if the parameter "All" is coded before the list of
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
moderator addresses,

     LISTSERV will send copies of all postings to all moderators, any
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
of whom may
     approve the message. An example of this would be

     * Moderator= All,[log in to unmask],[log in to unmask]

     Note that this could also be coded as:

     * Moderator= All,[log in to unmask]
     * Moderator= [log in to unmask]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Will this not do what I want? Send all messages to both moderators for
ONE to OK.

>
>>My next question is this. Is their a way that I can fix the header
>>where when one moderator OK's a message, and the other OK's the same
>>message but makes a change to the message, that the 2 messages will
>>not be duplicated on the list.
>
>This problem is the very reason LISTSERV 'load balances' between moderators
>by sending to only one for approval.
>
>Is there a reason both moderators must both approve of a message?

I do not want BOTH moderators to have to OK the message. Only one will
be OK'ing messages at a time. One will do it Mon, Wed, and Fri, and
the other the other days. It is just our little arrangement.

>
>>Can I set mine to "send=private, HOld"
>
>This is not a valid option.  Hold works only with the Editor option.

Yes, I have since found this in the manual.


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Bill Harrison
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