Is it possible to put a list into a mode where it is partially moderated and partially unmoderated? Where moderated applies not only to posting but to all other operations as well, such as querying the list members.

You raise a good point here.

In my system that is under development, I use the number of postings and the posting rate as part of the credit checks. You could say, for example, the first 3 EMails fail the ``credit check'' and must be processed by hand.

Again failing the ``credit check'' does not mean rejection, just that the message must go to a human for social checks and their best judgement.

Another thing I have thought of is to check on the 'days since last message in relation to the average member' to watch for sleeper EMail addresses being enabled by a spammer.

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