On 16 Sep 97 at 15:06, Betty Harris wrote:

> Hmmmm so why is that preferable to listing me
> as the first Owner=
> and setting the default option to review?
> or is it just an alternative way to do the same thing?

Owner is separate from Editor. Mail sent for review will be sent
either to the first Editor, or to the Moderator(s) if the Moderator
keyword is defined.

Send= Editor
Editor= [log in to unmask],(LISTNAME)

is essentially the equivalent of just setting all subscribers to
EDITOR, but in the case of setting everybody to EDITOR, you're making
an exception of everyone except those on review, whereas with the
above, the ones on REVIEW are the exceptions. It's a case of what is
easier to maintain and less easy to make mistakes with, as a human
administrator.

> I'm thinking of using the
> set listname review for user@node command
> now, instead of the nopost option. and that
> should work since I'm listed as first Owner=
> but what if my list COowner wants to set someone
> to review?  Is that possible. or would the
> posts by default come to me for review?

Any owner can change the settings for a subscriber. The posts will
come to the first Editor for review, unless you define a Moderator.

On my list, where I share the moderation with my co-owner, I have

Moderator=All,her@addr,my@addr

Posts from subscribers on REVIEW go to both of us, so that they get
approved as soon as possible (whichever one of us notices it first
approves it). If you prefer a round-robin kind of approval, get rid
of "All".

Francoise