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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Moderated C group ? (was Re: Posting)
Message-ID: <1755@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 6 Jun 89 17:31:44 GMT
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Reply-To: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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 >I vote for unmoderated.  As many of the readers of this group already know,
 >I often post *really* stupid questions, some of which I already know the
 >answer to, but just don't know I know.  In a moderated group, a question the
 >moderator thinks is stupid might not get through the filter, but the person
 >posting it (me) thinks it is mighty important, and may be sitting around
 >tearing their hair out looking for an answer.

If the answer is of general interest, and is expected to be of use to a
large portion of the audience, a good moderator will let it through.  If
the answer is *not* of general interest, I would hope the moderator
would mail the answer back to the poster.