[ILUG] Moderation of list posts from non subscribers

[Niall O Broin]

Further to a motion passed at the AGM, posts to ILUG from non  
subscriber addresses will now be moderated, in the interests of  
killing the last vestiges of spam to the list.

What this means is that any email sent to the list from an address  
which is not subscribed to the list is held in a queue for moderation  
by our team of volunteer moderators (I guess we have enough for the  
moment. If any of those drop out, we may call for more volunteers).

What this might mean to you is that a post you might send from an  
address other than the one you normally use will get stuck in the  
moderation queue. This might cause you some confusion, and then you  
might realise what has happened, and you might send the post again -  
and then the list gets it twice, after the moderators get round to  
releasing it.

So, in the interests of everyone's sanity, please visit http:// 
mail.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug and subscribe any addresses you  
might use to post to the list.

Having subscribed each of your addresses, when you follow the  
confirmation link you receive in an email, don't forget to login and  
to turn off delivery for all except your primary address (unless of  
course you want multiple copies of the wisdom of ILUG). You may want  
to change some other flags there too, e.g. monthly password reminders  
for the extra accounts.



Niall

P.S. Please DON'T start a discussion about this, unless you have  
specific questions, and I hope the above is clear enough that you  
won't have.

Other options such as closing the list to non-subscribers have been  
rejected by the membership and will NOT be considered so please don't  
waste everybody's time.