Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!van-bc!sl From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) Newsgroups: news.groups,news.misc,news.stargate,news.sysadmin,news.admin Subject: Re: the USENET problems Message-ID: <1003@van-bc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Jul-87 17:45:15 EDT Article-I.D.: van-bc.1003 Posted: Sun Jul 12 17:45:15 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Jul-87 05:46:05 EDT References: <266@brandx.rutgers.edu> <15982@gatech.gatech.edu> Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) Organization: Public Access Network, Vancouver, BC. Lines: 25 Xref: mnetor news.groups:1236 news.misc:757 news.stargate:253 news.sysadmin:306 news.admin:696 In article <6657@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> jesup@mizar.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes: > Mail to which Moderator? > (1) page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (shortest path) > (2) jesup@ge-crd.arpa > (3) anyman@anyunix.uucp Good idea! > It could have different moderators for different parts of the net >(hard), or could try to estimate which is the easiest to reach (not easy), >or not bother, in deciding the ordering. That way, when moderators go on >vacation, the users could route to the others, etc. The moderators could Alternatively for groups where a second moderator is not acceptable (ie, mag.otherrealms, risks, arms-d etc) the moderator could set up a forwarding address to some live person to either act as an interim moderator or at least send a reply that the message was received and will be acted on when the moderator gets back on such and such a date. I believe that comp.sources.misc has already setup and alternate person at his site to handle things when he is unavailable. -- {ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision,uunet}!van-bc!Stuart.Lynne Vancouver,BC,604-937-753