Instead of sticking to existing Goanet rules, and abiding by them himself, in the first place, while strictly observing the duties of an administrator entrusted with the responsibility of running a mailing list, Admin Noronha is manufacturing bogus controversies. He is corrupting the meaning of the words "harvesting" and "spamming" to smear people, one of whom is not even a member of Goanet.
A response to a message or an article posted on a public mailing list cced to its author and to another mailing list to guard against its being blocked or delayed for several days, does not constitute spamming or harvesting of email addresses. There are many Goanetters who like to debate issues privately and on other mailing lists to avoid being subjected to the making up of arbitrary rules based on erratic personal biases and fabricated definitions of common words, as above. Speaking for myself, when I participate in these debates or cc my Goanet response to the author of an original public post, I always comply with the latter's wishes, if he or she asks me not to cc subsequent responses to him or her, any more. Cheers, Santosh --- On Fri, 7/9/10, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think the point is not about > quoting from a public archive, but > rather *harvesting* email IDs from a public mailing list > and then > *spamming* people out of their mind... Even when there are > repeated > requests from them to be taken off the cc "list" they > didn't ask to be > on, in the first place. > > As for me, I find this sometimes rather entertaining and > keeps one in > humour on a slow day in Goa. (Someone seems to be so keen > to ensure I > read them via this list, that they placed my address on > readnotify.com > -- so everytime I read the incessant circle of abuses, a > notification > goes out :-) And you thought eyeballs came cheap?) > > In addition, such an endeavour keeps other grumpy old men > like me > busy, so that lessens the kind of damage that can be done > had they to > run loose and amuck on more widely-read fora. > > Only problem is: when someone wants to get off this > 'spammers list' > and he's dragged back kicking and squealing everytime. I > think this is > as unfair as laughing at the pig we're going to slice up > for the > feast, as he keeps protesting! > > FN > > On 10 July 2010 00:56, Santosh Helekar <chimbel...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Shri Fernandes, > > These bogus rules and etiquettes of yours are > > a figment of your imagination. Goanet has no > > such rules. It is a public forum. Discussions > > on it can be continued in any other forum or > > mailing list. What a private free citizen does > > in this regard is his/her own business. Nobody > > can do anything about it. Permission is needed > > only to post private emails and discussions > > in public forums, not the other way round. > > For eaxmple, I need permission from you to > > post in a Goan public forum the filthy abusive > > emails you have cced to me and > > others personally. Please give me that > > permission. We will then see who broke > > the rules, etiquettes and laws. > > Regarding the electronic proof you have > > against me to nail me, I give you full > > permission to post it on Goanet. It will > > give people a chance to assess the credibility > > of your claims. >
