Feature Requests item #1394592, was opened at 2005-12-31 18:04 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=350103&aid=1394592&group_id=103 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Rocky Bernstein (rockyb) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Allow any registered member to be a moderator Initial Comment: A number of bug, info, or help mailing list are the target of spam, viruses and hoaxes. So often they have to be public but be moderated for non-subscribers even if they have spam or virus checking. The sad part about moderation is that it is usually an additional burden on the relatively fewer developers who are more skilled rather than the relatively larger folks who requesting services who are less skilled. So it might be nice to have a box or flag for such a mailing list that allows anyone who is registered in the mailing list have the pleasure of doing email moderation. After all, what's needed here is someone to be able to detect spam from a legitimate post and most people are capable of doing that. I suppose this could be subject for abuse too (discard valid posts and accept spam), but I have a feeling that to first order approximaton this would be a big help. And doesn't mailman already have ways of watching users or moderators, and revoking moderation by the administrator or whatnot? Thanks for considering this. -- worn down developer/administrator of GPL projects ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=350103&aid=1394592&group_id=103