Can any of the mods explain why articles are being crossposted between mwm and mw? I thought this was not permitted and that the bot would prevent it. -- Stan...
stanrkid
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Feb 5, 2004 4:38 pm
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I'm trying to understand your system of moderating who can post in MWM. From your FAQ: <start> The precise process is that an article posted to the group is...
... <snip> ... Yep. This is how you get added to the "approved poster" list. It's an attempt at making sure you've read the FAQ :-) ... That would be a...
Paul Harwood
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Feb 8, 2004 2:51 am
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... Thanks. I hate to say this to a group of writers, but the FAQ is confusing. In the first part I quoted, it looks like you just have to post, and your post...
... I think that John Ashby, the maintainer of the FAQ, follows this mailing list. With luck, he'll take heed of your confusion and make appropriate changes to...
Paul Harwood
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Feb 8, 2004 10:31 pm
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... Thanks. To add to what I wrote earlier, another point of confusion is here: <start> When a poster not on the approved list submits an article, the...
... Hi Lois. This isn't John, but it is Carol. :-) As a back-up mod, I'm uncomfortable promising you anything on my sole say-so. I can, however, give one...
... As soon as one has an answer, I should think so. :-) Oddly enough, the only ones that I'm finding cross-posted are from Chris.tine. Luckily, they all...
... Thanks. The simplest question is...Is it possible for new posters to post with a spam-blocked or fake address if the posters use the keyword in the subject...
... ..., and of course, those in response to her. But it's not something unique to Chris. I just cross-posted one, too, as a test. Screwy indeed, or at least,...
... between ... Me, too. Especially since I posted the question over 3-days ago. I was under the impression that this list was monitored by at least one mod. A...
stanrkid
stanrkid@...
Feb 9, 2004 12:51 am
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... Nope, and it won't be, as the autobot works now. This is as planned, and advertised. The address from which you post must be a "valid" (i.e., the autobot...
I tried twice yesterday to reply to the post from the person needing help researching things that happened on specific days. Being a computer nerd, I know the...
... Then why is a keyword listed in the FAQ? The address from which you post ... Thanks again. I see I'm not the only one with this problem. Since you're...
I actually answered this in a responnse to you, Stan, in the thread in m.w. The bot is broken in the way it treats crossposts, but we think we've identified...
... in m.w. Ah. 'K. Didn't see it. Figured I'd get an answer here. ... code and ... could ... argue for ... Good thinking. -- Stan ... would...
stanrkid
stanrkid@...
Feb 10, 2004 12:06 am
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... As I understood things, munged addresses would be whitelisted as long as the person using the munged address used the "secret" keyword that could be found...
... The whitelist is based on e-addr. ... Carol says munged addresses don't get white-listed. I believe they do as long as the poster uses the "magic" keyword...
Okay - just re-tried it with the magic word. Fingers crossed that the magic word lets my posts go even with a munged address. :-) Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft...
... Very cool. It worked! That answers the white-listing of munged-addresses question, but still doesn't answer why my test versions using a different...
... And I'm glad I was wrong. (Not, I'm sure it's safe to say, the last time.) But ... then what's wrong with Lois's posting? Carol (always happy to educate...
... This makes sense, and it's clear. How about using a version of it in the FAQ? ... Exactly. ... I'm a-feared you're right. I tried posting again about an...
Lois, I think something other than email addresses are munged up. Google Groups shows these posts since the 6th: Feb 9, 2004 "On This Day" - looking for web...
... Well, I can explain this bit of confusion, anyway. When things appear on which news servers depends on propagation, which is not something mere mortals...
Lois, I've just checked the logfiles the bot keeps and there is no record of any message arriving at the bot with an address of wordsweave.com anywhere in it....
... , I've just posted "Test for John" with the keyword in the subject line, and your email address (the one the FAQ is from) in cc. Maybe using your name in ...
Well, Lois, your post hasn't shown up on the newsgroup, but of Sal's. One was a new post, the other a reply to the research thread. What's weird is that now...
... The fish and I may sit down and try to figure out my posting problems, once I'm back from AAAS and Left Coast Crime. The two posts to m.w.m today were from...
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