[ncdnhc-discuss] Limit email sending....

[Dave Crocker]

At 07:44 PM 11/27/2001 +0100, Marc Schneiders wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, at 10:31 [=GMT-0800], Dave Crocker wrote:
> > At 07:24 PM 11/27/2001 +0100, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > >On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, at 10:20 [=GMT-0800], Dave Crocker wrote:
> > > > At 06:49 PM 11/27/2001 +0100, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > > > >So, what Dave, do you propose? Or are you just angry?
> >
> > You intended to limit my response to the matter of posting limits?  You
> > should have said so.  It is very difficult to elicit a specific response
> > when you ask very general questions.
>
>Did I?

Yes.  "So, what Dave, do you propose?" was all that you queried, in 
response to my note about the real problems in this group.  There is 
nothing specific about such a query.  In fact it is difficult to imagine 
how anyone could think otherwise.


> > Or we might consider limiting postings that are personally abusive.

Limits on the number of posts are normally imposed mechanically.  They do 
not incur any penalties.  Policies vary.  Some lists simply drop the extra 
posts.  Others hold them for review and possible approval by an 
authority.  Others hold them until the next day.

Denial of posting priviledges is usually reserved for people who are 
abusive.  The normal mechanism is to have a body of several people who 
either initiate action or take action in response to complaints.  They work 
from an acceptable use statement that describes what sort of posts are 
unacceptable.

Such a system can work well.  The danger in the system is when those who 
impose strictures are, themselves, compromised.  Then there tends to be 
extremely selective enforcement.

d/


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