On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 11:54:33PM -0500, Winship wrote:
>
> Peter Graham's question is very interesting to me in that today I got
> an item for approval for one list which I am still sitting on (among all
> the other disasters of today (less said 'bout that the better)).  I'm
> sitting on it as the person is clearly looking for support for a job
> classification/wage suit.  That is a fight I do not want to  to get into,
> has nothing to do with what the list is for, only connection being he
> works for a library.  He is not a subscriber and his attempted posting
> had to be relayed as he sent it to an old address we have not used for,
> oh, at least six years.
>
> Way I look at is, if I approve this item, I make myself, my coowner for
> the list, the list, the list's host site and anyone who replies to the
> posting potentialy liable to a supoena from one side or the other in this
> suit, perhaps there may be criminal liability if it turns nasty, I don't
> know.  Then again, maybe this guy will sue me if I don't approve his
> posting (he got the notice saying it had been routed to me for approval).
> So, I'm still sitting on it while pondering.
>
> Any gems of wisdom out there on this?         Douglas

I thought you told me you had a filter that sends any attempted posts from
non-subscribers to /dev/null? Perhaps not, my memory is not what it used
to be.

-rex