Seeking co-moderators(s) of the ietf-types list

Mark Baker distobj at acm.org
Mon Jan 24 17:09:44 CET 2005


Perhaps a naive question, but why is this list moderated?

Thanks.

Mark.

On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 01:56:43PM +0100, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Bill Carpenter, who has long co-moderated the ietf-types list along with 
> me, has asked to drop out of the role.
> 
> At the same time, two events have emphasized the need for a co-moderator:
> 
> - A couple of requests and comments got severely delayed in the moderator 
> queue
> - I've scheduled a vacation for the month of April
> 
> Together, these things clearly indicate that someone needs to be on hand to 
> moderate the list - both when I'm here and when I'm gone.
> 
> The lists run on Mailman, behind a spam filter, and with an ancillary 
> script that deletes the more obvious spam from the queue. Still, there's 
> spam coming through - unfortunately.
> 
> Volunteers?
> 
> thanks in advance!
> 
>                 Harald
> 

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Mark Baker.   Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.        http://www.markbaker.ca



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