According to Peter L. Peres:
> What is the qualitative and quantitative point at which the sky begins to
> fall ? Have you set a limit ? Or is this a 'as you feel' thing. Or is it
> decided democratically by the number of people who scream or unsubscribe ?
I'd say it's a 'collective feel' thing.
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Geoff Hutchison wrote:
>But I'm also one to believe we shouldn't just lock our windows and
>bolt our doors because we occasionally receive an unwelcome guest.
>I'm from a small enough place that I *hate* having to lock my doors.
Welcome to the larger, better world. The pla
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Well, let's look at this realistically, shall we? We've had a little
>more than half a dozen spams on our lists in the past week, which
>(. . . relevant, but not repeated in detail here . . )
>Even if we do lose a few
>subscribers because they don't
Well, let's look at this realistically, shall we? We've had a little
more than half a dozen spams on our lists in the past week, which
(. . . relevant, but not repeated in detail here . . )
Even if we do lose a few
subscribers because they don't feel the list was closed quickly enough
for their l
According to Chuq Von Rospach:
> At 8:37 AM -0500 10/12/00, Geoff Hutchison wrote:
> >But I'm also one to believe we shouldn't just lock our windows and
> >bolt our doors because we occasionally receive an unwelcome guest.
> >I'm from a small enough place that I *hate* having to lock my doors.
>
Here is a thought, why don't all of us on this list begin spamming the
spammers - we just find their address and write back that we hate
spam. They will be so overloaded with junk mail that they won't want
to send anything back to the list for a long time.
Hey, even better, simply add them to th
According to Geoff Hutchison:
> At 10:23 PM -0700 10/11/00, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> >Geoff, close the list, or it'll become useless. To not do that is to
> >notice a gas leak, and tell everyone to just ignore the smell --
> >sooner or later, it'll explode, and saying "don't light a match"
> >
At 8:37 AM -0500 10/12/00, Geoff Hutchison wrote:
>But I'm also one to believe we shouldn't just lock our windows and
>bolt our doors because we occasionally receive an unwelcome guest.
>I'm from a small enough place that I *hate* having to lock my doors.
It's your list. But I don't plan to s
At 10:23 PM -0700 10/11/00, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
>Geoff, close the list, or it'll become useless. To not do that is to
>notice a gas leak, and tell everyone to just ignore the smell --
>sooner or later, it'll explode, and saying "don't light a match"
>just doesn't cut it.
I think the metaph
At 11:39 PM -0500 10/11/00, Geoff Hutchison wrote:
>Unsolicited e-mail is, unfortunately, part of mailing list life
>these days. I hit the delete key after sending on to appropriate
>sources.
Not on any list I run, but what do I know, I've only run e-mail
systems for 20 years.
Geoff, close t
At 11:36 PM +0200 10/11/00, me wrote:
>I did not know that your list is open (i.e. unsubscribed sources can post). I
>have received two spam items already which have htdig.org headers. Please con-
>firm that you are seeing them too (the headers may be spoofed). Header quoted
The list is open beca
Hi,
I did not know that your list is open (i.e. unsubscribed sources can post). I
have received two spam items already which have htdig.org headers. Please con-
firm that you are seeing them too (the headers may be spoofed). Header quoted in full
below:
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 11 23:
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