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Re: Penis size

From: russell_-at-_flora.ottawa.on.ca (Russell McOrmond)
Date: 23 Feb 1998 09:51:35 -0500
References: <3.0.32.19980222080833.007b0100@adan.kingston.net> <6cpl4v$g@fox.flora.ottawa.on.ca> <34f07e4d.1468429@news.flora.org>

In article <34f07e4d.1468429@news.flora.org>,
Sandra P. Hoffman <sandrap@flora.ottawa.on.ca> wrote:
>At this point, I think the group needs to be moderated to prevent the
>ask doctor posts. My biggest concern is that people posting the
>medical questions have heard that the service is confidential and are
>mistakenly posting into a public forum.

  As mentioned, one of the problems of auto-moderation is that (For both 
social and technical reasons) it does not allow cross-posting, or 
carbon-copies of messages to be sent to the group.  One group where 
auto-moderation would not work is the flora.general group which is the 
definitive (and soon only...) place where crossposting can be done.   
These medical questions are sent there as well.


  I would welcome the "where is the XXXX" group type questions in here, 
but I think there is something very odd going on when medical and other 
questions end up going in here directly.  I had thought that adding the 
'admin' word to the newsgroup would have solved this.

>I know that there is likely noone able to afford the time to act as
>moderator for the group.

  This group is tiny - setting it up as auto-moderated, and myself as the 
person to handle bounces/etc isn't a problem.  I already handle bounces 
for Email users to this group.  Now, if ever anyone wanted to take over 
flora.mai-not .... that's another story ;-)

-- 
 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.org/russell/work/>
 Heart & Stroke Fndn. supports Stroke? http://news.flora.org/flora.afo/1147

    Light Rail Forum http://www.rail.flora.org/ February 26, 1998

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