On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 04:47:31PM -0400, Charlie Summers wrote:
The problem is, it's a disaster waiting to happen; if this is a discussion list (if it ain't, you need to throttle _yourself_), it is _guaranteed_ to tick off everyone who is arbitrarily prohibited from posting, will wreak havok with the threads, and generally make life for the listmaster about as miserable as it possibly could be.
I'm on (as a member, not an admin) one list of about 500 which limits its members to four posts per calendar day; it's relatively low-traffic, about 15-20 messages per day total, so this is rarely a problem. It's more of a gentle reminder not to bounce all over the list than a serious restriction. So this _can_ work; which isn't to say it's necessarily a good idea... Roger