Re: 1st RfD: Mass-deletion of moderated groups without a moderator

On 05.01.2025 10:39 Uhr Ivo Gandolfo wrote:

On 05/01/2025 15:04, noel wrote:

If nobody is moderating the groups, why not unmoderate them instead
of removing them, if they get use, fair enough, if not, there is no
harm, no extra resources used other than a handful of bytes for a
one line entry in active file which already has thousands of
unmoderated groups that haven't been posted to in 10 years anway.
 

 
I think because many servers would not respect the change of group,
either because GPG keys are not updated or for other reasons (I've
heard that this is the main reason since the 90s, as there has never
been a unified coordination between newsmasters, and each newsmaster
is free to do what he wants)

Most of them handle the control messages as intended, so the group list
is exactly that the hierarchy admins propose, even when technically
everything is possible.

I know that servers exist that don't process them, but why should I
care?

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kind regards
Marco

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