Re: So how does the moderation work?

03-22-2007, 04:48 PM

You can go here for all the information you need ~
_http://readystump.algebra.com/%7Erponds/Policy.txt_
(http://readystump.algebra.com/~rponds/Policy.txt)
There is an address at the bottom if you want to discuss
the policy.

kathy :-)
part of the moderation team

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03-23-2007, 04:29 AM

Hugo Villeneuve

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Could the moderation software transform multipart/alternative into
text/plain only?

I still use a client that doesn't support mime but that shouldn't be a
problem since this is a text only newsgroup.

I never noticed those before in rec.ponds, but that might have been
because in-transit news server were silently transforming them for me
before.

This is how the post looks to me:

<> wrote:

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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> You can go here for all the information you need ~
> _http://readystump.algebra.com/%7Erponds/Policy.txt_
> (http://readystump.algebra.com/~rponds/Policy.txt)
> There is an address at the bottom if you want to discuss
> the policy.
>
> kathy :-)
> part of the moderation team
>
>
>
> ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone.
> Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
>
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> Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> <HTML><HEAD>
> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII">
> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
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> face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
> <DIV>You can go here for all the information you need ~</DIV>
> <DIV><A
> href="http://readystump.algebra.com/%7Erponds/Policy.txt">
> http://readystump.algebra.com/%7Erponds/Policy.txt</A></DIV>
> <DIV>There is an address at the bottom if you want to discuss</DIV>
> <DIV>the policy.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>kathy :-)</DIV>
> <DIV>part of the moderation team</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT
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03-23-2007, 10:44 AM

Derek Broughton

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Hugo Villeneuve wrote:

>
> Could the moderation software transform multipart/alternative into
> text/plain only?
>
> I still use a client that doesn't support mime but that shouldn't be a
> problem since this is a text only newsgroup.
>
> I never noticed those before in rec.ponds, but that might have been
> because in-transit news server were silently transforming them for me
> before.

It probably could, but it doesn't :-(

I'm not sure if it's advisable - I much prefer to ask people simply to tell
their news programs not to post HTML.
--
derek

03-23-2007, 02:05 PM

Altum

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Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> Could the moderation software transform multipart/alternative into
> text/plain only?
>
> I still use a client that doesn't support mime but that shouldn't be a
> problem since this is a text only newsgroup.
>
> I never noticed those before in rec.ponds, but that might have been
> because in-transit news server were silently transforming them for me
> before.

HTML is prohibited in part C03 of the group's charter. I'm not sure why
one of the moderators is using it, and why HTML posts are being allowed
through. I sometimes use a client that can't read HTML too.

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03-23-2007, 02:18 PM

~ jan

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On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:05:51 CST, Altum <> wrote:

>HTML is prohibited in part C03 of the group's charter. I'm not sure why
>one of the moderators is using it, and why HTML posts are being allowed
>through. I sometimes use a client that can't read HTML too.

My guess (and I hope it isn't me) is, 1) they don't know that they are,
and/or, 2) they're still having to post using e-mail as their ISP or google
hasn't picked it up yet. ~ jan
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03-23-2007, 02:48 PM

Reel McKoi

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"~ jan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:05:51 CST, Altum <> wrote:
>
>>HTML is prohibited in part C03 of the group's charter. I'm not sure why
>>one of the moderators is using it, and why HTML posts are being allowed
>>through. I sometimes use a client that can't read HTML too.
>
> My guess (and I hope it isn't me) is, 1) they don't know that they are,
> and/or, 2) they're still having to post using e-mail as their ISP or
> google
> hasn't picked it up yet. ~ jan
> ------------
> Zone 7a, SE Washington State
=============================
They can set their e-mail client to "plain text."
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03-23-2007, 02:50 PM

rons515@localnet.com

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On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:05:51 CST, in rec.ponds.moderated you wrote:

>
>HTML is prohibited in part C03 of the group's charter. I'm not sure why
>one of the moderators is using it, and why HTML posts are being allowed
>through. I sometimes use a client that can't read HTML too.

Hi Altum,
I am speaking strictly for myself, and not on behalf of the
moderation team.
I believe the info below is correct.
Right now some persons are posting through their newsgroups
and those posts do not contain any html.
But some persons still don't have access to the newsgroup
directly, and must post email messages directly to
rpm-.

Many email programs allow html, and some have the html setting
on by default. Some posters are not aware of this.

We would encourage anyone who is emailing their messages
directly to stump (rather than going through the newsgroup) to please
check their email settings. If HTML is turned on, it would be best
to turn it off.
Eventually, when everyone has access to the newsgroup itself, and
emails to rpm-submit are no longer needed, this problem will
disappear.
At this point I am confident that it is just an
unaware/unintentional oversight by anyone who may be using an email
program.

Thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention.

ron schompert,
speaking only for myself,
and not on behalf of the RPM Mod team