From: "E. Allen Smith" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 14:14:20 -0800 (PST)
To: mclow@owl.csusm.edu
Subject: Re: Moderation, Tim, Sandy, me, etc. * Strong crypto == DES?!
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From:	IN%"mclow@owl.csusm.edu"  "Marshall Clow"  5-FEB-1997 04:04:13.13

>At 4:05 PM -0800 2/4/97, aaron@herringn.com wrote:
>>
>>If I might make a suggestion:
>>
>>Some people want moderation. That's fine, I've never been very big on
>>letting other people choose what I read, but some people want it.
>>
>>For those who want it, let someone moderate the list for as long as
>>they care to do it. Approved messages get a "X-sandy-approved"
>>header. The responsibility for setting up a filter to toss everything
>>that doesn't have the header is the responsibility of the end user.
>>Toad will need to filter incoming posts to make sure they don't come
>>"pre-approved", but that's the only hole I can think of.
>>
>>Everyone gets all of the Cypherpunks list. Those who want moderation
>>filter the unapproved posts, those who want all of it get all of it.
>>
>>Hopefully, this will make (almost) everyone happy.
>>
>I like this idea.
>However, I would suggest an additional refinement:
>	Implement a cypherpunks-moderated list which
>is all the 'approved' messages. This way, people who wish
>to have the benefits of a filtered list are happy, people who
>wish to have posts rated for them (but be able to check on
>the "rater") are happy, and people who wish to see every
>message are happy.
>
>(I know that John has concerns about toad's mail capacity,
>and this may be too big a load)

	Lance's offer for informix to host the unmoderated
version of the list may be of assistance here.

>ObCrypto policy:
>	Was anyone else besides me amazed by the guy
>from Deloitte-Touche at the Internet Privacy Coalition luncheon
>last week? I mean, he all but advocated violent overthrow of
>the government. D-T is the most "establishment" of the big-6
>accounting firms, last time that I looked.

	What all did he have to say?
	-Allen