I have  implemented the following  changes in  the handling of  'Send= Editor'
lists in release 1.6b:
 
1. Mail  requiring editor's approval  is sent via  BSMTP as a  single message,
   with original  unchanged headers, and with  a blurb inserted on  top of the
   message body. REPLYing  to that message allows the editor  to ask more info
   from the sender, FORWARDing it back to  the list is the new official way of
   "approving"  the message  for distribution,  and the  editor can  of course
   still manually edit it into a digest or whatever.
 
2. The aforesaid blurb is automatically deleted is found in the body of a note
   sent to a moderated list. This deletion is  done in such a way that, if the
   editor added some comments before forwarding  the message (a la Rice MAIL),
   they will not be lost. That is,  LISTSERV will not delete all the text from
   the top of the  message but only what it has identified  as being the blurb
   it inserted.
 
3. If  'Resent-' tags  are found  in a message  sent to  a moderated  list and
   coming  from an  editor, an  'Approved-By:'  tag pointing  to the  sender's
   address is generated but the generated 'From:' tag will point to the person
   listed in the  original 'From:' tag, rather than 'Resent-From:',  ie to the
   person who  submitted the message  rather than  to the editor.  Editors who
   make digests  have no reason to  forward their digests rather  than mailing
   them directly, so they shouldn't be affected.
 
4. In the above  case, the person who had originally  submitted a message will
   get a copy of the forwarded message  regardless of the setting of his REPRO
   option, as the editor might have added  a comment or removed a paragraph or
   whatever. The editor  will also get a copy, since  the acknowledgements are
   sent to the  original submitter and this  is the only way he  can check the
   note was sent; it will also look different from what he has mailed out.
 
There is still time to change this if some people are not happy with it.
 
  Eric