> *> Alternativly, keep the current system, with mrtg@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@list.ee.ethz.ch, and the valuable
> *> answers could be copied to there, or a mrtg-answers@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@..." 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@ethz.ch
"

and 

"Hi <insert name here>

You failed to enter the correct code for this month.
Please update it.

mrtg@ethz.ch
"

Regards,
Alex

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