Re: A quandry

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Harshal,

Let us see:

If this were to happen on Usenet - how would it work? Or - if this were on an automated NON moderated listserv how would it work? 

Simple - the e-mails would get published.

Your policy of moderation does NOT have anything to do with content itself. I am not sure what the precise policy is and am also not sure if there is a place where you have written up your moderation policy (maybe you should do so now - what?). But if someone chooses to forward an e-mail to a Usenet discussion group, there is nothing to be done! It gets published!

I think you should stay 'hands-off' for this and publish everything that does not conform to your PUBLISHED rules of moderation. Thus if your rules state that you will NOT forward personal e-mails howsoever deeply nested they may be, then you will have to stick with it regardless of the trouble that causes. 

My personal recommendation: Publish the e-mails. Your moderation is strictly for length of e-mail, length of content from prior e-mails etc. Don't get into the content business. Let the two duke it out. If someone sent in a private e-mail as a response to something sent to the list and a replier wants to bring it BACK to the list - so be it. Personal or not - once you have started to talk about things in public - there is no privacy.

Indian©

-----Original Message-----
From: Harshal Chhaya <harshal@mumbai-central.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 19:07:10 -0400
To: nukkad-list@mumbai-central.com
Subject: A quandry
<deletia>
> The way I see it, I have two options:
> 
> 1. Edit out all Vishwas's comments. This will remove all context from
> the reply and give an incomplete picture.
> 
> 2. Ignore all emails that have Vishwas's replies. This will (rightly)
> piss-off the people still on the list and still wanting to continue
> the discussion.
> 
> Any thoughts on what should I do?

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