The purpose of a black list is to save the moderators' time and resources. If a particular account is being used to submit a high volume of off- charter posts, this permits the moderation software to return the articles unread. Contrary to minority opinion, this is not censorship. The unmoderated newsgroup rec.sport.pro-wrestling is still sitting right next to RSPWM, and since the post was returned to the author they can still post it where everyone who can read RSPWM can still see it. It's just that those readers can also ignore it that much more easily if they so chose. The only account currently in the blacklist is ilewitz@vossnet.de who has submitted over a dozen copies of his web page ad. He does not reply to emails, and his provider has not yet taken any action.