Gail wrote:
The way we've run the list requires that all messages must be read and approved by me, and at times I also need to 'add' comments to the end of a message. It appears that all approvals are done on the web, rather than through email, is that correct?
No. Moderated messages can be approved or discarded either via the web or via email.
Is it hard to use an on line web approval system? To add comments, or to reformat the original message in particular? I've used one in the past that was nearly impossible to use and had to abandon it as it more than tripled the time required to do the job!
The on line approval process is simple, but editing messages to be approved is very cumbersome at best. See <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.009.htp>.
Is it necessary that messages be approved in the same order they were received in?
No, but approving a reply prior to the original message may affect threading in the archives.
Can digest be manually created via some sort of command or are all digests created automatically based on size or a time of day set up on the system?
Digests are normally produced once a day by a cron job and additionally when they reach a settable size limit. You can turn off periodic digests, and you can manually trigger a digest at any time.
Is it possible to ban or strip all attachments completely?
Yes.
All this may be moot if there's an option for doing the processing through email as I have always done in the past.
You can approve by email, and editing the 'approved' post is most easily accomplished by email too, although it is cumbersome.
Another 'nice to have' option would be if digests are formatted with a list of inclusions at the beginning, including the subject, sender's name, and perhaps a number for each message?
Digests come in two flavors selectable by the recipient. Either a flattened, plain text format or MIME format with each message in its own message/rfc822 part.
In either format, the messages are preceded by some list boiler plate and a table of contents like the following:
Today's Topics:
- RE: Triple chain rings (John Mulvihill)
- Compact Triple (Jack Holmgren)
- Re: Compact Triple (Mark Sapiro)
- Re: Compact Triple (Dan Brekke)
- Re: Compact Triple (Rich Fisher)
- Re: question about the ham-radio support (Oren Leiman)
- SSR Tomorrow (James Hand)
- Davis Double Century & Triple Crown Stage Race (Robert Ballard)
- Re: SSR Tomorrow (Rich Fisher)
- March 11th ASSR Cancelled (John Buenfil)
- Re: SSR Tomorrow (John Buenfil)
- Re: Saturday, March 11: TM Pace "Presto" Ride (Garcia Maria)
- Re: Saturday, March 11: TM Pace "Presto" Ride (Rich Fisher)
- Prehaps we don't need the front wheell after all (charles nighbor)
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