Rich,
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A 10K brain attached to a 9600 baud mouth.
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On Tuesday, January 05, 1999, at 4:03 AM you wrote:
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RK> Do the clueless have a right to mailbomb fellow list members with
RK> misdirected "unsubscribe" requests?
I totally agree with you here. I had one guy whose sole purpose in
subscribing was to post racist remarks, and then he tried to bail (it
was a long story). Of course he was trying to unsubscribe incorrectly
even though each message coming from the list explicitly stated how to
unsubscribe. He then tried flooding the list with garbage messages, so
I filtered his posts to trash, while leaving him subscribed. When he
finally apologized, I removed him from the list.
I do not have any problems with removing people from my lists when
they seem to be unable to do so themselves, as long as they are
polite! If you're an ass, you'll get no help from me.
RK> That's complete, total, utter nonsense.
RK> Users who have *subscribed* to a mailing list have, by definition,
RK> solicited mail from it. That removes the "B" in "UBE" (unsolicited
RK> bulk email, the correct technical term for spam) and means mailing
RK> list traffic sent to them is most assuredly not UBE.
Again, I agree with you (with exception to removal of 'B' as opposed
to 'U') <grin>.
RK> Internet users who cannot handle the procedures for subscribing
RK> and unsubscribing to mailing lists should avoid using them until
RK> such time as they learn. Those procedures are simple, incredibly
RK> well documented, and frequently presented to them in the footers
RK> of *every* *single* *message* sent to a mailing list. If they cannot
RK> cope with that, then they are too stupid to use the Internet and
RK> fully deserve whatever inconvenience trying to do so causes them.
I do disagree with you here though. Everyone is a newbie at one time
or another, whether it be in fixing cars, subscribing to MLs, or even
tying your shoes! At one time, someone probably helped you learn and
most likely bailed you out when you really got stuck (such as triple
knotting your tennies <grin>.) Like I stated above, if a person is
polite and is really 'trying' to learn I'll bend over backwards for
them, but if you're an ass, you might as well just cancel your ISP
subscription.
RK> Rich Kulawiec
RK> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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