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Are the mailing lists moderated? The list is not directly moderated, but I will review the membership list so as to discourage annoying postings that are irrelevant to the discussion. I would hope to discourage the following: 1) spam, including all get-rich-quick schemes as well as all other unsolicited "business" offers; 2) "academic" spam, including all offers of or requests for saleable papers; 3) all obscene or pornographic solicitations. I recognize that profane language, and even the "obscene" itself, can be an essential component of intellectual discussion. I hope that I can effectively distinguish between important and meaningful discourse that can only occupy the extreme margins of human society and language that is merely offensive. Please bear with me in this effort.

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