Re: FAQs and Crossposting

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Nathan Tenny (ntenny@qualcomm.com)
Wed, 05 Feb 1997 14:47:30 -0800


At 05:21 PM 2/5/97 EDT, E. Allen Smith wrote:
> Umm... automated crossposting limits _might_ be necessary. But
>_rigid_ automated crossposting limits (e.g., including moderated groups)
>are not.

When this subject has come up in the news.admin.* groups, various folks
have pointed out that exempting moderated groups isn't really a good idea.
Spammers, flametrollers, meowers, and similar lifeforms could just create
alt groups with themselves as moderators and crosspost everything there to
protect themselves from cancellation (or whatever sanctions would otherwise
accrue).

Big 8 moderated newsgroups, perhaps, or a specific exemption for
news.answers. Or a higher cutoff for posts with followups set to a single
group.

NT



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