From: Jay Denebeim (denebeim@deepthot.org)
Date: Fri Jul 26 2002 - 12:43:30 CDT
On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Charles Lindsey wrote:
> However, we are fully aware that saying "Moderators SHOULD" is not
> the same as saying that "Moderators WILL". Time will tell, but at the
> least those words should ensure that people who write general purpose
> moderbots such as STUMP do it correctly.
Just so you know, as the author of the second most popular 'general
purpose' modbot I'm planning to do it correctly. In this case that means
bounce the encapsulated messages. Oh, and another thing, there is no such
thing as a 'general purpose' modbot (other than the one I was writing
awhile back) even STUMP has to be taylored individually to every newsgroup
it's used on. That means that old copies of it won't get updated so the
current default behavior is what you're stuck with.
IOW your new format messages will bounce until someone technical does
something, this is not a resource available to many moderation sites. As
long as you're okay with breaking most moderation sites, I guess that's
your perogative. Don't expect your 'standard' to be widely adopted though
installing a version of a news server that causes all your users who post
to moderated groups to scream is not going to be a popular option with
almost all newsadmins.
Jay
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