On 5/25/2012 12:16 AM, Andy Smith wrote:
I see where you're coming from, but there's probably more than me on
here who are just lurkers, and we'd be excluded because we don't post.
????? If you don't post, nothing bad will
happen... nobody will prevent you from reading
the messages on the group... Alan has already clearly explained
this.
And if in your introductory message you are clear enough about
your interest in LF, for example :
"I want to join this group to learn how to build an LF loop"
you will be accepted without being put into moderation.
But, if your message says :
"Cool group, please accept me" (and I receive from time to time
such requests for my groups...)
then my rule is to accept you, but you are put in moderation
status. Only after a couple of
legitimate messages from you showing interest and competence in LF
the moderation is lifted.
And for all those paranoid enough to refuse to have a Yahoo
account, that want only
to be able to read messages, without desire of posting, there is
still another possibility.
The group can be configured as half-open, meaning that you are
required to be a member
if you want to post, but everybody can read the messages, even
without being logged
on to Yahoo.
The Blacksheep reflector was and is a valuable resource for the LF
community, but
the lack of a file deposit area, and the lack of the possibility
of searching past messages
to find if/when a given topic was discussed, are sorely
missing....
73 Alberto I2PHD
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