This is I think, the ONLY re: ON THE LIST I have done. The simple solution? Just don't RE: to political/etc OT posts!! At least via the list. I think that is what I have done and the problem is solved!! 73 Ed/ke7feg ....Now that Novemeber is here, April can wait! On 2/23/2007 the morse code requirement was dropped for getting a ham license. Now just pass the written exams which are on the web at arrl.org for questions and http://www.kb0mga.net/exams/ --- On Fri, 11/7/08, Alex Dean wrote: > From: Alex Dean > Subject: Re: list moderation options > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 8:08 AM > On Nov 7, 2008, at 1:18 AM, der.hans wrote: > > > moin moin, > > > > this is request for information about possible > technical options. I don't > > know about mailing list managers that have the primary > features I'd like > > to consider. > > We had one day of flaming. It's exceptional, not > normal. It doesn't require a mechanical solution. I > can count on 1 hand the number of days like this since > I've been a list member. (maybe 3 or 4 years now?) > > Since Wednesday, we've had several days of > hang-wringing about what to do about it. This is > unnecessary. Things will get back to normal. It would be > over by now if we weren't obsessing about how to deal > with it. A technical solution will have too many unwanted > side-effects, and will hurt more than just riding this out. > > I am not one to say 'anything goes'. I would like > to keep things a bit more on-topic, or at least to have the > off-topic stuff die off a little more quickly. But the > alternatives to just dealing with it are more nuisance than > they're worth. > > alex > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss