[Foundation-l] New list admin: Ral315

Sun Aug 17 21:51:34 UTC 2008

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Sean Whitton <sean at silentflame.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 18:56, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> > Along these lines, does the mail software support giving someone
> permission
> > to approve messages only (not to change moderation status)?  Seems that
> > pretty much anyone who can be trusted to send unmoderated posts can be
> > trusted to do this.
>
> I'd argue that posting from your own name is very different to judging
> the content of a message from someone already flagged (by being
> moderated) as potentially troublesome.
>

Of course it's very different.  But as a matter of trusting someone, I stand
by my statement.  Letting through posts by moderated users is "no big
deal".  And remember, it's not just posts by people marked as potentially
troublesome - it's posts by people not marked as probably not troublesome.

But whether or not I'm right about that particular statement isn't even that
important.  I think it's almost beyond debate that there are at least *some*
people who can be trusted to do this (at least on a trial basis), who are
willing to do this, and who don't currently have access to do this.

But does the mail software support this?

Anthony