>Given the decisive nature of some recent discussions (and the fact that
>they started getting personal), I have thought that this list could use
>some serious hands-on monitoring of the posts. I felt it might not be my
>place to say anything, so I kept my opinions to myself. Then today changed
>all of that. I received an email containing graphic pornography through the
>Museum Listserv. My suggestion would be that the moderator look into the
>feasibility of monitoring posts on a case by case basis. There really
>aren't many that come through on a daily basis, though I realize some days
>are heavier than others. I am open to other people thinking this is an
>overreaction, but it's one solution. Anyone else have other suggestions?
>
>Jillian
>

Jillian;

There are ways of dealing with SPAM and you might consider them as
Museum-l is certainly not its only source. There are a number of
programs, for the Mac, (and I suspect for Windows) that are trainable
to eliminate all sorts of SPAM.

I am not sure it is up to the moderators to protect us from a problem
that is getting worse and worse.

Cheers,

Martin

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