Re: comp.databases.postgresql.* groups and RFD

Marc G. Fournier From:  wrote in 
news:coah52$2j9c$2@news.hub.org:

> Robert McClenon  writes:
> 
>>Another thread on the topic of this RFD was cross-posted to
>>pgsql.general.  I didn't notice that it was cross-posted, and so
>>cross-posted a reply to news.groups and pgsql.general.  I then got a
>>message from the list gateway saying that my post was stalled awaiting
>>moderator approval because I was not on the list of list subscribers.
> 
> As I made mention in another thread, the lists are not moderated past
> the fact that you need to be subscribed in order to post directly 
> through to the list ... and subscribed does not mean 'receiving email',
> as that would defeat the point ... if you send a quick:
> 
> subscribe-set   nomail
> 
> to majordomo@postgresql.org to get yourself subscribed in a 'do not send
> me email' way, then that would eliminate the requirement for me to 
> approve your posting ...
> 
> This applies to anyone either reading through usenet, or trying to post 
> directly to the lists through email ... 
> 

You're missing the point. You are still looking at things from the point of 
view of a list subscriber. The RFD is to focus on the experience of a 
Usenet poster.

Take your average Usenet poster..he finds one of the PostGreSQL groups, and 
sees that they are listed as unmoderated groups. He posts a question. He 
gets an e-mail from a moderator's robot. This creates major confusion. He 
is not aware that 99 percent of the NG volume comes from e-mails to mailing 
lists.

-- 
Bill