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Re: Limiting quotations?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:30:28 GMT
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In the following "bad" and "misbehave" is only meant with
respect to the suggested policy.
Christian Holtje:
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> I think this is the wrong way. Trying to enforce policy
> like this with automation is going to fail in someway.
> The obvious is that someone quotes some "other thread"
> in his/her message, and then get's it chopped because
> the script thinks it's just a "me-too" style post.
I may not have been clear enough. The server should not
_edit_ the "bad" posts. They should reject them with a
message explaining why it was rejected and what they can
do to get it through the filter anyway.
> I think the repeat offenders should be talked to.
Yes, but sometimes it is easier to make a computer send
the message _before_ people "misbehave".
Play well,
Jacob
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| (...) Hmmm....I'm not sure what majik would have to done to sendmail to make it reject...oh...maybe you mean the listserv program! That's easily doable. That's not a bad idea....can we still add the anti-"nospam" too? "The reason your mail was (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I think this is the wrong way. Trying to enforce policy like this with automation is going to fail in someway. The obvious is that someone quotes some *other thread* in his/her message, and then get's it chopped because the script thinks it's (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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