List content filtering is a dicey issue with me but I think in our case it might go a long way in addressing the main issue that faces us today, mainly; the issue of delisting people from the list resulting from usage of unacceptable language\words. Even though I have not been on the list that long, I have noticed that most of the incidents where people have been delisted were a result of them using certain words or language deemed unacceptable by the list management or some members on the list. Content filtering will essentially allow the List managers to configure the content filter to automatically reject messages with certain unwanted or inappropriate content from getting posted to the list. Essentially if someone posts a message to the list with certain words o r language it would simply be rejected and will continue to be rejected until the words are omitted from the message. In essence most of the messages with unacceptable words\language will never get to the list hence saving all of us and the list management the headache of debating whether to delist someone or not because of inappropriate language. Some might deem this as censoring (including myself) but am sure there are certain words that we all agree should never be used on the list. Initially some messages with unacceptable language\words might get through but with time am sure the list of words can be fine-tuned to add more words etc. And I'd rather go with limited censoring than having to endure the events of the last few days again. This issue has simply taking too much energy and if not addressed could lead to the demise of good, intelligent and amicable discus on GL. Anyways, just a thou ght Thanks Yankuba Njie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~