spam and porn on this newsgroup

[Tom Johnston]

Ok, I'll weigh in with a contrary opinion.  Personally, I don't see any
compelling reason to moderate bionet.mycology.  Admittedly there has
been the occasional spam and off-topic post, but with one bad message
out of 31 in my server's news spool right now, I would say the group is
far from being overwhelmed.  Jeez, I'll probably get more email spam
_personally_ from this one post than the group will in a month --
moderation won't help _that_ !

Now if the folks that hijacked alt.nature.mushrooms get to be a problem,
then we can talk about moderation... not that I have any prejudice
against Psylocybe cultivation, I just think there's too much off-topic
noise cross-posted from alt.drugs.* and the like.

--Tom


Steve Miller wrote:
> 
> I totally Agree!   I would be willing to help, but have no idea how
> moderated newsgroups work... I'm on several e-mail lists that restrict
> the sending of messages to subscribers.
> 
> Steve Miller
> Great Lakes Group
> -----------------------------------
> 
> John (Jack) Murphy wrote:
> 
> > Dear Fellow Mycologists;
> >         This newsgroup desperately needs a moderator.  The frequency
> > of
> > inappropriate posting increases and we're losing some of our best
> > because
> > of all the trash.  I'm not volunteering for the job, just bringing
> > it up
> > for discussion again.
> >         Perhaps someone with more Internet experience than I have
> > could
> > explain how a moderated newgroup works, and what has to be done to
> > make the
> > change.
> >
> > respectfully submitted,
> >
> > Jack
> >
> > *****************************************************
> >
> > John Murphy, Ph.D.
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