I'd like to thank whomever it was that wrote Beverly Cox the nice letter that prompted her to open up a dialogue with me. As it turns out, the student who wrote me strayed so far off the path that I totally got the wrong impression of what the assignment was. Turns out it was a specific list that she was supposed to be subscr|bing to (one on nursing topics hosted at buffalo.edu), not just any list in general. I had a couple exchanges with the teacher about servers and mailing lists in general and she now understands better what I was talking about. She has asked me to ask you all to stop writing her, and I agree, it's not necessary anymore. As a footnote, I mentioned the "proctor" thing to her, said I had never heard it before used that way and it sounded a bit odd applied to a list manager. She said she had gotten it from a professor of hers who was a long-time Unix user. I thought that was kind of interesting! Anyhow, she asked me to pass this message to list-managers. Thanks to everyone who helped! > There has been a misunderstanding here, please allow me to clear it up. > My students do not subscr|be to any list, they have 3 specific, > professional Health Science Student lists they are assigned and will > belong to during these education years. In my lecture, I ask my students > not to respond to questions or conversations before they know all the > details. I feel 'we all' got involved in breaking this rule ourselves! > Your lists are not now or ever were in my assignments. Thank you for > being polite with your message. Beverly Cox <As a very off-topic aside, there was a strange event going on that probably contributed to my state of mind at the time I received the original message. I had received a cease and desist email from someone claiming to be Ann Jillian's manager/husband, threatening to sue me for using his wife's name to promote my site in a less than honest manner. When I wrote back and asked him to explain because I didn't know what he was talking about he said yes I did know and since I chose not to cooperate, I'd be hearing from his attorney. Was most bizarre.>
