On 23 Apr 98 at 15:51, Philo wrote: > With your proposed plan, wouldn't there be a hunka excess traffic- multiple > copies of each message to get approved, then either multiple messages going > out or numerous "duplicate message" rejections... No. The message goes out when the first moderator approves it. If another moderator subsequently tries to approve it, (s)he gets a message like this one: > The requested message file was not found. The message has probably > expired; you should repost a copy and go through the approval > process again. If the problem persists, contact the list owner > or LISTSERV administrator for assistance. Being a smart moderator, (s)he would then realize that one of the other moderators must have approved it already and that's the real reason why the message file was not found. Francoise