I know exactly what you mean! :-) I think I assumed everyone understood what I meant, without spending too much time writing it all out. -David Reed List Administrator: MAINE, NEW-ENG-GEN, MELINCOL (Maine, Lincoln County), ME-IRISH, CEMETERIES-HISTORIC-PRESERVATION, MARIN --------------------------------------------- "Actually, there is only one 'first question' of government, and it is "How should we live?" or "What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?" - George F. Will (1941-), American political commentator  Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -----Original Message----- From: listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JYoung6180@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:09 PM To: DaveReed@midmaine.com; DianaGM@dgmweb.net; Listowners-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LO] ADMIN NOTE: Well, with regard to LIST messages getting stuck in pending requests (oversize, too many addresses, etc.) or lists that require attention due to problem posters --- yes, that can vary greatly with the activity level of the list and the number of subscribers---(plus setting to DISCARD non-subscriber posts doesn't stop these from requiring attention from the admin). Some lists have hundreds of subscribers and are very active while others have just a few and seldom see any posting activity. HOWEVER, the amount of spam non-subscriber posts that require attention on a daily basis in Pending Requests has NO bearing whatsoever to the size or activity of the list. I have many lists that are extremely inactive and if I didn't set pending requests to DISCARD I'd do nothing all day long every day but run to the tools pages and delete spam! Joan In a message dated 7/31/2012 2:12:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, davereed@midmaine.com writes: Personally, I think it varies greatly depending on the list. Some lists may need attention every day (but those seem to be far and few between these days, since the lists in general are so much slower than they used to be...), but so many others only need to be checked now and then. I think a great way to do it is to have a partner, and one admin co-admins for the other, and the other co-admins for them, so, as long as you aren't both away on vacation the same week, it seems to work out great. I'm lucky to have a great list partner! :-) -David Reed ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message