>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 -- Martin Weiss, Ph.D. Director of Science New York Hall of Science 47-01 111 th Street Corona, New York 11368 phone: 718 699 0005 x 356 facsimile:718 699 1341 [log in to unmask] http://www.nyhallsci.org ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).