[R] OT Gmane and r-help moderator approval

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 19/09/2010 5:23 AM, Graham Smith wrote:
> I have started to read r-help on Gmane using Thunderbird as a reader. 
> Before that I had messages sent to gmail account.
> 
> The first post through Gmane needed moderator approval, but then I got a 
> message from
> 
> Your friendly autoauthorizer at Gmane.org
> 
> saying
> 
> You are now authorized to post to the
> gmane.comp.lang.r.general newsgroup.
> 
> But my messages are still needing moderator approval, which I assumed 
> would no longer be needed given the message from my friendly autoauthorizer

Gmane.org has nothing to do with the R mailing list; they're just a web 
site that subscribes to mailing lists and makes them available in other 
formats.  So their authorization lets you post on Gmane, but Gmane isn't 
authorized to post to the mailing list, and your messages would need 
manual authorization.

I think it would be best to subscribe and email directly to the real 
mailing list address.  That way your message will usually appear 
quicker, and won't take someone's intervention.

You can set up your subscription to send you nothing, and still read on 
Gmane, if you prefer that.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> Am I missing something here.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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