Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!qumix!amd!noao!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.UUCP Newsgroups: net.motss,net.news.group Subject: Re: A mod.est proposal: "mod.motss" Message-ID: <5079@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 11:45:48 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5079 Posted: Fri Oct 5 11:45:48 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Oct-84 21:19:32 EDT References: <9211@watmath.UUCP>, <980@bbncca.ARPA> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 13 This seems an excellent idea, but I propose one slight modification: "net.motss" continue to exist as is, but that any worthwhile item deemed by the moderator to be of value be extracted and included in "mod.motss". Thus, net.motss could include anything, unlimited and uncensored, while mod.motss would contain any direct submissions mailed to and cleared by the moderator, plus any items from net.motss that are worth including. Mod.motss thus has the best of both worlds. (Now, all you need is a moderator, and provide him tools to cleanly and simply do such transference across group boundaries -- he needs a "transfer" command to use as he reads net.motss, which will simply take the just-read existing posting, replace the "Newsgroups:" contents with "mod.motss", and copy it to his host's "mod.motss" directory.)