Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!oliveb!felix!dhw68k!bytebug From: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Who moderates comp.mac.binaries Message-ID: <8866@dhw68k.cts.com> Date: 13 Jun 88 17:40:22 GMT References: <2759@utastro.UUCP> Organization: Wolfskill residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) Lines: 39 In article <2759@utastro.UUCP> werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) writes: > >BTW, in my experience communicating with the moderator has been exceptionally >bad, which I suspect can be partially blamed at the bizarre behavior of some >hosts through which mail seems to get routed. In over a year, I have been >able to raise the moderator once (his mail to me may have gotten lost) and >have *NEVER* received an acknowledgement of any files I sent to him. >This has resulted in me, basically, no longer being able to make files >available to you. I only acknowledge postings that specifically request acknowledgement. The postings just get put into the queue, and the only contact back to the poster occurs when something doesn't "check out" when I'm preparing to post the article. Regarding mail in and out, as Werner mentioned earlier in his article, macintosh@felix.UUCP is the official mailing address. If you expect a mail reply, it would be best if you gave as much return address information as you can. I do spend quite a bit of my time as moderator checking and packaging articles, and I'm not particularly willing to spend an extraordinary amount of time trying to figure out how to reach someone by mail. >Which makes me wonder, if others have had similar experiences, it might >be a good idea to try to find a moderator at a better connected site. >After all it is nothing if not fair to pass around the work-burden and the >current moderator has been supporting the Macintosh community with both >sources and binaries single-handedly for quite some time now and deserves >"relief" ... The only assistance that I'm really interested in getting at this time would be for sites that archive software to identify themselves and provide that service. I've made that request in the past, and not had any replies. -- Roger L. Long dhw68k!bytebug