[mrtg] Re: HELP

[Stieers, Ken]

I see one problem with the header X- tag method of moderation:  some mail
clients (Outlook) aren't able to add to the header.  

Anyone have any idea on how much time being a moderator will consume?  I can
probably squeeze an hour or two per day in. 

Ken 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex van den Bogaerdt [mailto:alex at slot.hollandcasino.nl]
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 1:43 PM
> To: tobi at caida.org
> Cc: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject: [mrtg] Re: HELP
> 
> 
> > *> Alternativly, keep the current system, with 
> mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch being the
> > *> list people go to for help, constantly flooded with 
> questions & answers, and
> > *> move discussion to maybe a mrtg-discuss at list.ee.ethz.ch, 
> and the valuable
> > *> answers could be copied to there, or a 
> mrtg-answers at list.ee.ethz.ch
> > 
> > In my eyes the only alternative would be to moderate the 
> list ... for this
> > I do nbot have the time. If some one else wants todo this, 
> I can easily
> > enable moderation but I would need a group of about 3 
> people who are online
> > for a good deal of the time and agree to do the moderation ... 
> > 
> > *> Any thoughts ?
> 
> What about auto-moderating ?
> 
> Subscribe should be open to anybody, providing read-only access.
> The manual, the "new since" section preferably, will contain 
> the monthly
> "secret code" to actually get write access.
> 
> Perhaps an "X-Have-I-read-the-manual: Yes" header (can also be in the
> body of the msg, being stripped by the listar software or so) 
> or mail to
> "mrtg-request-78487 at ..." where 78487 changes every month or so ?
> 
> Making the list moderated will slow down the responses.
> I will volunteer if this is a must, however I feel it is not 
> the prefered
> way (albeit better than the current situation).
> 
> I think we will certainly see a lot of "I mial you 30 mins 
> ago, still you
> no answer. YOU HELP MUST)" type of mails.
> 
> Doing the automoderation stuff only requires more room in the 
> /dev/null
> archive perhaps with a automated response system.
> 
> "Dear Sir,Madam,
> 
> This is an automated message to inform you about the documentation.
> First read manual.txt and if you require further assistance,
> you'll then know what to do.
> 
> Regards,
> rtfm at ethz.ch
> "
> 
> and 
> 
> "Hi <insert name here>
> 
> You failed to enter the correct code for this month.
> Please update it.
> 
> mrtg at ethz.ch
> "
> 
> Regards,
> Alex
> 
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