"Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com> writes:
To reduce the load on toad.com, I think it would be better to have just "cypherpunks" and "cypherpunks-unedited". Messages approved for the moderated list would be tagged with an "Approved:" header and sent to both lists. Rejected messages would still go to the unedited list, but would not have an "Approved:" header (this would, of course, require that the moderation software rename or delete "Approved:" headers). The only problem with this is that the lag time for distribution of the unedited list might increase.
Other people are suggesting things like this. I think it is a bad idea to tag the -unedited version of the list with moderation decisions, because then even the -unedited versions of messages would be delayed until a moderation decision had been made. Some people already have suitable mail/news filters, and would rather make their own article selections. Please don't make those people wait for moderation decisions. Instead, moderation summaries (for instance in NoCeM format) could be posted to another list, for those who want to know about moderation decisions. No matter what happens, there should definitely be some address through which people can receive a completely unedited, undelayed, unmoderaded copy of the mailing list. So if you want a tagged version of the list, there should also be a cypherpunks-raw or something.