On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Simon Blake wrote:
I'm picking that Don could blast through the membership and pick 50-100 email addresses that he knows are with operators/ISP's/whatever. Then when a prospect applies, it gets notified to the list, and unless anybody squawks on the list, they get put on.
I'm a great believer in leaving things alone. Currently we have a large number of people on the list who aren't exactly "network operators" . The vast majority of these people are no problem and don't even post. Some of them will post sometimes when something in their area comes up. People only cause a problem if they start posting in variance with the charter. If they do then they can be warned and if required removed. If they resubscribe and cause further problems then the list can be moderated until the go away. So far AFAIK this has only happened a couple of times in the last year or so and only this week has someone actually been removed. If Donald would like some help with list maintenance then I'm sure there are several people here that would be happy to help. -- Simon Lyall. | Newsmaster | Work: simon.lyall(a)ihug.co.nz Senior Network/System Admin | Postmaster | Home: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz Ihug Ltd, Auckland, NZ | Asst Doorman | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz