From: robert@nospicedham.prino.org   
      
   On 2017-11-28 21:53, Frank Kotler wrote:   
   > I will continue approving messages for now. I was a little annoyed. I   
   mentioned   
   > to Rick in private mail that having that off topic message slip through would   
   > serve as an intelligence test for c.l.a.x. Can we tell this isn't about   
   assembly   
   > language? If so do we know enough not to reply to it? We didn't do too well.   
   We   
   > still need somebody else - at least as "backup". A younger guy... someone who   
   > likes assembly language. Hmmmm...   
   >   
   >   
   > Terje Mathisen wrote:   
   >   
   > ....   
   >  > Since I control the moderator email accout, I can of course take over in   
   >  > case Frank got run over by a bus or something, but I'd really like to   
   >  > keep things the way they are as long as possible!   
   >  >   
   >  > It is effectively impossible to change a newsgroup from moderated to   
   >  > unmoderated, since far too many news servers will ignore those update   
   >  > messages, (perhaps rightly?) suspecting that they are forgeries.   
   >   
   > Yes, you're in the bucket if I'm not doing it. Few busses in my neighborhood,   
   > but I'm old enough so no one will say, "What a shame! He was so young!" when   
   I   
   > kick off. That's when, not if. That's why we need somebody else - so you   
   don't   
   > get stuck with it.   
      
   It would be useful to know what's involved in being a moderator.   
      
   Robert   
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