On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, E L wrote:
Without any connection to spam filters, this mailing list does have few rules about what you can send. For example sending spam messages (and abusive language is I remember currently) to the list is not allowed. Also as a community we generally try to be nice to each other and refine from sending insulting emails, so removing my admin hat for a second, you won't see me losing any sleep at night over aggressive emails which fail to reach the list.
Your definition of 'offensive' apparently includes words used for regular swallowable medicinal substances and members of the medical profession. My message did not go far beyond that.
Anyhow, decisions over this list are done through discussions not threats. If enough people agree with you and think we should remove the spam filter from the list I'll do my best to do it, as I did with any other discussion we had about list rules/headers or whatever else.
I did not ask anyone to agree with me. For example I am curious whether this message will make it since I used some 'spam' words in a paragraph above.
BTW notice that in most countries freedom of speech is limited by various laws which outlaw the use of abusive language or spam sending on various places.
In most countries the laws specify what can be construed as inacceptable speech on the base of which people can be sued if infringing (if and only if someone else decides that they are indeed infringing). In very few countries people practice self-censorship for fear of trespassing over those laws, even by accident. I didn't know I was living in one until now.
thanks, Peter
P.S The more freedom one has, the more responsibility he has to respect the world around him. That why one of sign for corrupted people is large rule book.
Yep. So I don't feel very responsible since great software taks care of that for me anyway. And I am willing to bet that the 'rule book' of the spam filter is impressive.
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