On Sun, 27 May 2001, Russ Hunt wrote: > How many people "read all those messages to check for flames"? Well, I don't worry about flames that much (a lot of people on my lists don't know what real flames, let alone an all out flame war, is) but you bet I read every posting for each list, either in advance, as editor, or after the fact for those cleared for direct posting. My lists don't have moderators, they have listowners, two per list, and the listowners do not change. The listowners *are* responsible, to a greater or less degree, depending) for everything distributed on the list. I generally have the greater reponsibility as I am generally the one listed as editor (all my lists are semi-moderated). I spent most of the latter part of the week before last settling a copyright dispute brought on by a subscriber (cleared for direct posting) who improperly lifted and posted to the list an item from a commercial e-newsletter (I just love spending my money on long-distance calls to publishers and attorneys). You're durn right I read every single posting for each of my lists. Douglas