[Finale] OT: Thanks for your mail etc
Karen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frankly, I have subscribed to lists where the moderators are way far the other direction...everything gets policed and they are always stepping in. That can be a real drag I quite agree. I left the mailing list of the Society for Musical Analysis not too long after joining it. I got the impression that the moderator was partisan (protecting the views of his Schenkerian friends from contradiction), and discovered from private emails that others shared my opinion. This was some time ago, and I don't recall who it was. The best way to run a list is to expect the contributors to be moderate themselves, excluding them, after due warning, if they transgress persistently. -- Ken Moore Musician and engineer ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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On 27 Aug 2005 at 21:35, Ken Moore wrote: The best way to run a list is to expect the contributors to be moderate themselves, excluding them, after due warning, if they transgress persistently. That's all well and good, and something that we can all agree on. But it's completely orthogonal to the types of problems that have caused people to complain in the last week, because the two issues that were annoying people could only be resolved by the list owner. There is nothing that any subscribers could do to unsubscribe the autoresponding bozo's address or change the way the list writes the Reply-To address. -- David W. Fentonhttp://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associateshttp://www.bway.net/~dfassoc ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Darcy James Argue: It wouldn't be a problem if the list owner was doing his job. Darcy, I have to say I feel you are being unfair and unkind to Henry. Although I don't post frequently these days, I for one am very appreciative of the service he and his employers provide for us all. It's not his fault that Mr McGann forgot to omit this list from his auto responses, and it's not as though Henry could or should have been anticipated it - I don't remember it ever happening before, do you? It seems to me we are lately becoming increasingly intolerant and combative. Maybe we need a gentle reminder that a few unwise words recently resulted in the loss of our valued friend Jari. I couldn't blame Henry if he feels similarly when he reads this thread. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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At 8/26/2005 09:36 AM, Peter wrote: It wouldn't be a problem if the list owner was doing his job. Darcy, I have to say I feel you are being unfair and unkind to Henry. Although I don't post frequently these days, I for one am very appreciative of the service he and his employers provide for us all. It's not his fault that Mr McGann forgot to omit this list from his auto responses, and it's not as though Henry could or should have been anticipated it - I don't remember it ever happening before, do you? I has happened at least several times before, and Henry has always stepped in and fixed the problem. Phil Daley AutoDesk http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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The most aggravating part of unwelcome list msgs (autoreplies, spam, etc.) is all the complaint threads that follow. If everyone would bite his/her tongue when such nusiance msgs come thru we'd all be happier. Henry is, after all, an intelligent adult. Why don't we trust him to do his job when he is able to? At the very least, much as this feels like talking to the sky, can we not keep complaint messages off-list? -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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I second what Bob is saying. I have an e-mail filter that is sending all the auto respond messages to their own folder until the lister comes back and sets things right. Not a big deal IMHOand certainly a small inconvenience compared to the benefits I have enjoyed due to the wonderful community of people we have on this list and all the new friends I have made because of this list. Frankly, I have subscribed to lists where the moderators are way far the other direction...everything gets policed and they are always stepping in. That can be a real drag Gratefully yours, Karen The most aggravating part of unwelcome list msgs (autoreplies, spam, etc.) is all the complaint threads that follow. If everyone would bite his/her tongue when such nusiance msgs come thru we'd all be happier. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Phil Daley: I has happened at least several times before, and Henry has always stepped in and fixed the problem. Thanks for that, but what's your point? There could be any number of reasons why he's not been able to step in this time. I just hope nothing's wrong. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
