Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:03:40 -0400
From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-www@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [whine] Slow moderation on postgres lists
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Dave Page wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > I thought we had things set up so that there were multiple people
> > moderating the postgres mail lists, but it seems like the average time
> > to approve postings from unsubscribed folk has slid back down to the
> > two-or-three-day range :-(.  What can be done to improve that?  Maybe
> > recruit a few more moderators?
> 
> Which lists are slow? I tend to moderate in real time whilst I'm awake,
> or at least the next time I check my mail when not (which is invariably
> only a few hours away). I can probably add another couple to my list if
> that would help.

What do people use to moderate?  Are there any scripts to help or
something?  I've seen people wasting time hitting reply, writing
"accept", etc, which consumes a lot of time.  (FWIW I do have a script,
which currently only works for pgsql-es-ayuda but I think it could be
easily generalized).

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