From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: c.o.m.djgpp retro-moderated?
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 08:25:05 -0800
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Natarajan Krishnaswami wrote:

> Since this newsgroup is also a mailing list, I think it would be most
> worthwhile to consider moderating it.
> 
> If this were only available as a newsgroup, I would be more hesitant,
> as a killfile might be more appropriate, but since it's not...

Yes, but if it's retromoderated, then inappropriate articles will be
cancelled after the fact.  They'll already have gone out to the mailing
list echoer before they're caught and cancelled.

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