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From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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Subject: Re: Moderation and slight change of (de facto) policy
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 12:21:42 -0700
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On 04/19/2016 12:05 PM, Random832 wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016, at 15:01, Ethan Furman wrote:
>> The only thing changing is what happens if someone posts /directly/ to
>> the mailing list (not through gmane, etc).
>
> Is the mailing list software able to make that distinction? I thought
> that was on gmane's end.

As far as I understand it, mirrors/usenet are either simply allowed 
through (with spam checks), or the service has it's own user account.

--
~Ethan~