On Sat, 15 Apr 1995 13:15:02 +0000 Robert Ponterio said:
>Is there an easy way to screen postings to a LISTSERV list from only a
>few selected subscribers?
>
>I would like to be able to have LISTSERV treat a couple of subscribers
>as if they were non-subscribers so their postings would be submitted to
>the editor for approval, at least until they learned some netiquette.
 
Yes, there's a way to do this.  How easy it is is debatable.
 
* Filter= Also,userid1@node1,userid2@node2,userid3@node3,etc
 
As long as you don't delete them from your list, they will remain
subscribed and receive mail.  But when they try to post, LISTSERV
will flag their mail as having come from someone who's been Filtered
and send it to the list owner (you) as a regular error message.
Once you review it, you'll have to remove their userid@node from
the Filter list and then Forward their post to the list.  This is
relatively easy to do on a VM machine, because we can alter the
From: field from LISTSERV to the user's userid@node before we Forward
it, delete all the lines of error message text, and restore the
original Subject line.  I'm not sure how you'd do all that on your
Vax.
 
In my opinion, it's more trouble than it's worth.  Education is
the key here.  If you can spare the time, it's probably a better
idea to just write to the users with whom you're having a problem
and explain to them how to do whatever they're doing wrong.  You
might find that they appreciate the personal attention and will do
what they can to conform to the norms of the group as a result.
 
- Alex, owner of CJUST-L, POLICE-L and SEELANGS
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