> Many lists, this one included, go silent for days, weeks, or months at
> a time. Sending test messages to the list just to see if it's working
> is SPAM.
>
> Two solutions. One, just wait until someone else starts a new thread.
> Second, try to start one yourself with any list-related comment or
There's nothing hostile about educating people on how mailing lists
work. How are they supposed to learn if no one tells them? He _sent_
spam to the list, I _told_ him he sent spam to the list, and offered
suggestions how to avoid same in future. No hostility intended or
included; it's all in your
Quoting Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
There's nothing hostile about educating people on how mailing lists
work. How are they supposed to learn if no one tells them? He _sent_
spam to the list, I _told_ him he sent spam to the list, and offered
suggestions how to avoid same in future. No hostility
So what is the harm of a test message? It isn't trying to defraud the
recipient. It takes no significant space on the hard drive. The delete key
readily dispatches it. The eye readily skips over it. The word "test" is
readily filtered for blocking if you really don't want to see such messages
>So what is the harm of a test message?
Well it is August and that usually brings out a bumper crop of silly
discussions. List traffic does decline because people go on vacation.
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>Or you might want to send a private message to a less hostile list member.
Anything we can do to cheer up Tony? Maybe we can get him to unload his
MS shares. After all that is going to be a downward spiral and sure to
make him more morose.
Maybe he should buy a tech toy? My first instinct is t
