Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/14

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Subject: Re: Newsgroup (was: Bye!)
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 17:36:53 -0500

At 04:59 PM 2/14/97 +0000, Peter Jon White wrote:

>I've never posted to a newsgroup but I have logged on to read some 
>postings. The thing that struck my was the nastiness of many of the 
>postings. As I understand it, with a mailing list, someone can police 
>things and block entry by people who let their emotions control what 
>they type. Please correct me if I'm wrong but with a newsgroup, there 
>is no way to keep the hot heads out. (That's what I've been told.)


A moderated list would solve this problem, and is easily arranged.

Marc

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