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Re: Penis size

From: sandrap_-at-_flora.ottawa.on.ca (Sandra P. Hoffman)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 00:52:38 GMT
References: <3.0.32.19980222080833.007b0100@adan.kingston.net> <6cpl4v$g@fox.flora.ottawa.on.ca> <34f07e4d.1468429@news.flora.org> <6cs2dn$42c@fox.flora.ottawa.on.ca>

On 23 Feb 1998 09:51:35 -0500, russell@flora.ottawa.on.ca (Russell
McOrmond) wrote:

>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 wasn't thinking of auto-moderation, I was thinking of full
moderation, everything going through moderators, but I suppose that
would have the same cross-posting problems. I don't notice
flora.general getting quite as many of the medical posts as the help
group does.

>
>
>  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.

Yes, I remember the discussion about changing the name for the group.

>
>>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 ;-)

Yai, no. I never want to administer a really busy group again.;)

sph


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