Moderation and slight change of (de facto) policy

[Jon Ribbens]

On 2016-04-19, Tim Golden <mail at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> On 19/04/2016 10:03, Jon Ribbens wrote:
>> But from what you described, it sounds like all Usenet posts will
>> now be prevented from reaching the list. If so you should probably
>> consider rmgrouping comp.lang.python or at least abandoning the
>> idea of it being linked to the mailing list.
>>
>> (I've no idea of course if you will even see this message!)
>
> Well something in my explanation obviously wasn't clear, because that's 
> certainly not the case. I'm not even sure which bit gave you that 
> impression (please feel free to quote it back at me!).

You said "Our new approach ... will be to reject unsubscribed posts".
Usenet posters are not subscribed to the mailing list, hence their
posts will be be rejected from the list, according to what you said.

> The Usenet gateway operates distinctly from the Mailman moderation -- in 
> fact we have to jump through a hoop or two if we *do* want to moderate 
> someone who usually posts via Usenet.

Are you saying that Usenet posts skip the moderation entirely?

This whole thing seems a bit of a mess. What you really need to be
doing is changing the Usenet group to be moderated, otherwise you're
going to end up with two different views supposedly of the same thing
which in fact may be completely different.