Thaddeus J. Beier wrote:

This will fail if flames migrate from cypherpunks-flames to cypherpunks, I would attempt to prohibit threads that only exist in cypherpunks-flames being continued into the moderated list. This'll

I disagree. I think it's quite conceivable that a serious point could arise from the flames. If a moderator can't be challenged based on what happened with the reject list, what's the point of having a reject list in the first place? Anyway, I don't think such a rule is possible to implement, nor would it protect the moderator from other forms of denial-of-service attack even if it were implemented. -rich

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Thaddeus J. Beier wrote:

I would attempt to prohibit threads that only exist in cypherpunks-flames being continued into the moderated list. This'll be hard to do, Sandy, I know, but if you could think of a way to do this, I think that your experiment is more likely to succeed.

Phrases like "As I said in the letter that only got sent to cypherpunks-flames" should cause the whole article to be yanked, IMHO.

That's my opinion as well. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~