On Fri, 2 Dec 1994 09:02:43 -0600 MISSY PRICE said: >Jeremy commented: > >>The killed messages from the trial period are in the SCREEN-L archives >>currently. >> >>If we continued to go with moderating, though, I will *not* be able to >>store the killed messages on an ongoing basis. When a message gets killed >>it'll just be dead dead dead. >> >>Sent to a watering cyber-grave. > >Normally this wouldn't bother me. But, what about some type of >statistical notation of how many killed messages there were... and for >what reason? Course, it's just a matter of time and the lack thereof. As SCREEN-L's maintainer I spend about 1/2 an hour per day every day dealing with error messages caused by defunct addresses. (I see the freakin' things in my sleep.) Moderating is comparatively pleasant: I read (fast), I hit a key and a macro sends it off to SCREEN-L. But I can't afford to increase the time spent moderating SCREEN-L so I can't afford to do anything with killed messages. Now, if I were preparing a paper on computer-mediated communication and needed some data, I might find those stats right handy. But for now, I just can't handle it. ---------- Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. --T. S. Eliot ---------- | Jeremy Butler - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [log in to unmask] | | SCREEN-L Coordinator | | Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa |