This is a respnse to only part of the posting. The reply to the other part will come later (sorry, ben messing with the old tractor and barely used shredder I bought recently, and I'm afraid I'ld fall asleep if I tried to do it all at once, and the second part needs clear thought. Douglas On Sat, 8 Apr 1995, Aldo-Pier Solari wrote: > ] From: Brian Lingard <[log in to unmask]> > ] The moderator will have to rreview everything sent to the list to > ] approve it, and some people may consider this Fascist censorship but it > ] certainly stops spam and flames in their tracks. > > If you forward anything to your list which may be liable of > criminal prosecution you may be hold responsible by a court of > law for spreading such information. Moderation is, as far as I > can see, not a good/practical alternative to list dynamics. Some moderators claim copyright to everything on their lists, because they have "edited" it. Personally, I think such a claim specious. AUTOCAT is semi-moderated, everything I get as editor is posted, unles it is an obvious spam, or personal message, or LISTSERV command, etc. If I get something that looks legit, but maybe clumsily done, I'll ask if they want to revise the item. If they don't wish to, I send it on as is. Perhaps, maybe, I should think about that (but then, we rarely get "legit" items that are objectinable, actually, virtually never). I wish I weren't the list editor, as I dislike moderated lists; I've seen too many open lists become stodgy bores when they go to full moderation. I'ld rather see marginal topics (keeps things interesting) than a 100% strictly business (gets boring very quickly) list. Fortunately, we're only semi-moderated (primarily to catch spams) and about 95% of the material is posted directly, if not more. Douglas Winship Hays County, Texas [log in to unmask] Secondary AUTOCAT Listowner MEDLAB-L