well ,I too m not a regular contributor to this list. but I do not understand how will revalidation and other measures assure that the quality of postings will improve. as there would b similar postings again from the same membersn. unless v start asking for pan numbers or some proof of identity issued by competent authority. even this is not a guaranted solution.according to mmy humble opinion v can leave it up to the moderator to decide. I might b wrong ,so feel free to enlighten me.
On 4/25/13, Singhal, Vivek <singha...@indianoil.in> wrote: > Dear list members, > > I came across AI Mailing list accidentally while surfing internet almost 5-6 > years ago. I had joined the list with hesitation as I was not aware about > the quality and quantity of mail messages being generated from the list. > However I never regretted my decision and am very satisfied with the mailing > list. I have learnt a lot of things based on experience and advices of many > other members. Reading response from other members have forced me to look at > many aspect of our life in a different manner. I had developed some of my > survival techniques in an isolated manner but many threads like socialising > in social gathering, tips for taking food at parties etc have provided me > with the ideas being used by other VI persons. In fact I would like to > suggest that if another mailing list catering to lifestyle related issues > can be started. > Apart from AI mailing list I had joined a couple of other mailing lists > pertaining to subjects like mobile phones, JAWS etc. On date I have stopped > my subscription of most of other mailing lists and currently subscribed to > AI and Mobile AI mailing lists. > Like all mailing lists which are catering to people with diverse > demographics, AI mailing list too often witnesses a mood swing. But thanks > to the vigilant moderator, he regulates the traffic of list by steering or > closing various threads so that the large interest of the list is conserved. > Considering the importance of mobile phones in individual's life, recent > move of creation of Mobile AI mailing list was a good step to segregate and > control mail traffic. I would say that I am not a very active member of the > list but try to contribute to the mailing list after carefully checking the > response of various other members and avoiding the duplicate entries. I also > refrain myself from writing mails which I consider will not help in > improving the knowledge base of other members (with an exception to current > mail). > I hope list members would agree that off late the quality of emails reaching > the list too have improved. I remember a couple of years back there were > many mails with a response like : I don't know the answer of this query" > etc. Now-a-days we rarely find such useless replies. List members too have > started refraining themselves from making personal comments, responding to > various piracy related emails etc. I remember some years back, a single > email requesting for pirated software used to generate 10 - 20 emails, with > remarks like "now you will have a stick from moderator" or "go and study the > list rules" etc. I used to wonder that so much traffic was not generated > when somebody asked what is the meaning of JAWS or NVDA or what is Talk > Software etc when compared to criticism mails. I am happy that people have > graduated to next higher level and started showing maturity. > In my opinion putting restriction on membership shall be a highly > unreasonable requirement and should be avoided. In case the size of our > mailing list has swelled to alarming level and needs some trimming then may > be options like re-validation of email addresses can be undertaken. List > members can be requested to click a link and re-enter the email address. I > hope by undertaking such action and allowing this activity to be open for > around one month, most of the active email addresses shall be validated. > Also an appeal can be made to list members to avoid duplicate email id > entries in the same mailing list and voluntarily remove mail addresses which > they are not monitoring on regular basis. > Sorry for writing a long email message. > > Regards, > > Vivek > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > My E-mail Address has changed. Kindly use "singha...@indianoil.in" > > This Message was sent from Indian Oil Messaging Gateway, India. The > information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this > message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may > contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not > the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this > e-mail. 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