Messages from Beyond the Zero

[Murthy Yenamandra]

Hello folks,

There have been some questions recently about messages on this list from
persons not on it. This is by way of an explanation.

Posts from non-subscribers (and some subscribers that the list software
thinks are not) come to the list-owner (currently yours truly) for
approval. I normally approve posts (containing announcements, weblinks
etc) that I consider relevant to the list (and given its history, even
if occassionally tangential), but not the subsequent discussions/flames
resulting from them (unless list subscribers CC their discussions to the
list) - relevance being in the eye of the list-owner, of course. 

I've found this over time to be a nice compromise between approving
everything and nothing. If you don't want to see off-topic threads on
the list, then please keep the subsequent discussions off-list.

If anyone disagrees with this policy, they're welcome to suggest
alternative ideas.

Murthy

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Murthy Yenamandra                  mailto:yenamand at cs.umn.edu
Dept of Computer Science           University of Minnesota
"Every heart/to love will come/but like a refugee" - Leonard Cohen