Marcello,
My reaction was similar to Eric's. Making Statalist less open, even if
ever so slightly, may not be worth it if events like these happen only
once every decade or so.
--Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of DE
> SOUZA Eric
> Sent: 03 February 2010 09:47
> To: 'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'
> Subject: RE: <POSSIBLE SPAM>st: New rules
>
> Dear Marcello,
>
> Does it happens often enough for you to spend so much time on
> it screening new applicants?
>
> Eric
>
>
> Eric de Souza
> College of Europe
> BE-8000 Brugge (Bruges)
> Belgium
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of
> Marcello Pagano
> Sent: 02 February 2010 22:32
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: <POSSIBLE SPAM>st: New rules
>
> Dear Listers,
>
> My apologies for allowing the tenor of the list to degrade.
> We have now made a change to see if we can stop this from
> happening again. For those currently on the list the change
> will not affect you other than you will possibly experience
> an improved tenor. New subscribers will have to go through a
> screening process that will add time, hopefully less than a
> day, before they can subscribe. The screening process is
> designed to keep some, hopefully very few, people out.
>
> Thank you all for your patience while we cleared this mess
> up. Let us hope things revert to normal where the worst we
> should expect is a scolding from Nick.
>
> Keep on listing!
>
> m.p.
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