Stan Ryckman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>At 03:38 PM 10/7/97 EDT, Maureen Leblanc wrote:
>
>>This message was just posted to hwy61-l.
>>
>>Has anyone who is moderating list ever come up against this problem
>>of people subbing via throwaway account while posting from another
>>name/account?
>>
>>
>>>1.  Set yourself up a hotmail account (www.hotmail.com) under a
>>>dummy name.  Subscribe to HWY61-L.  Use the account for nothing
>>>else.  That way you get the digests (or whatever you want).
>>>
>>>2.  Post to rmd under your own name/normal address.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Suggestions? Anyone?
>
>
>Maybe I'm missing the context here, but I don't see a problem
>with people doing this in and of itself.
>

It becomes a problem when the list is set up for self moderation.
With self moderation, subscribers moderate their own posts through
to the list, while non-subscribers' posts are sent to the listowner for
approval.

>If the rmd posts are a problem, then they are a problem whether or
>not the user reads via a newsreader on rmd, or via a mail reader
>either individually or in digest form.  Some people may just
>prefer the mail reader interface, or have a crappy Usenet feed.
>

It's not that rmd posts are a *problem*. Some hwy61-l subscribers do
post from rmd, and under self moderation, their posts are automatically
placed on the list.

The problem arises when someone subscribes to the list at one of
these free services like hotmail etc., then posts from an address
that isn't subscribed. Those posts have to be reviewed by *me*.

This causes me *plenty* of extra work.

>Why does it matter where, or from how many places, a person
>chooses to read from?
>

Again, It's not how many places a person reads from. It is how many
places a person posts from that gets to be problematic. If they
post from an address that isn't subscribed, they are causing me
extra work, while still reaping the benefits of being subscribed.

Maureen
HWY61-L