[Eurchap] ASIS-L Moderators Needed

[Richard Hill]

I'm re-posting this to the Europe Chapter list at Michel's suggestion.  It
would be ideal to have someone from Europe working as moderator of ASIS-L,
so there is excellent coverage.  I do have three o0r so people from N.
America interested, so there should not be a heavy workload at all.
Forwarded message is below.

Dick Hill
 
 We need new moderators for ASIS-L.  Ideally we will have moderators form
 Overseas, and across multiple times zones so everyone's task will be
 minimal.
 
 If you are interested, see below and contact Dick Hill <rhill at asis.org>
 off list.
 
 After several years, Cass Armstrong retired as moderator of ASIS-L and I
 have been taking care of those duties since.
 
 Moderating isn't a really big deal.  Everything is done through a web
 interface.  Messages like the one below come in as postings are received
 (from non members of the list, or with attachments/styled text -
 "suspicious header").
 
 As moderator, one can approve messages as they arrive OR wait for a daily
 summary of what is pending -- sent around 4:00 pm EST.  With many lists we
 ignore the postings of regular spam and try to clean out the lists daily -
 - unless there are subscriptions, which we try to handle immediately.
 
 We have tried and are trying to get an effective filter above the lists
 (and above all staff PCs) which will block a lot of the spam that comes to
 the lists and requires discarding the messages, but that has not happened
 yet.
 
 As far as volume is concerned, there can be 50 - over 100 spams a day to
 the list.
 
 Dick Hill
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 Sample admin message:
 As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the following
 mailing list posting:
> 
>     List:    Asis-l at asis.org
>     From:    p8 at yahoo.com
>     Subject: Homeowners - Get Cash Out! Any Credit Accepted!
>     Reason:  Post to moderated list
> 
> At your convenience, visit:
> 
>     http://mail.asis.org/mailman/admindb/asis-l
> 
> to approve or deny the request.
> 
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