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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:09:37 +0100
From: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>
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To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
CC: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-www@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [whine] Slow moderation on postgres lists
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> 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.  

That's what I do - it takes a couple of seconds each for the dozen or so
approvals I do on 6 or so of our lists per day.

Regards, Dave.