info-cpm (12/16/82)
>From RMS.G.BANDY.MIT-OZ@Mit-Mc Mon Dec 13 22:35:07 1982
To: info-cpm@BRL
Cc: info-cpm-request@BRL
Via: Mit-Mc; 12 Dec 82 1:04-EST
Via: Brl; 12 Dec 82 1:20-EST
Via: Brl-Bmd; 12 Dec 82 1:32-EST
i totally agree with the following.
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Date: 11 Dec 1982 1620-PST
From: Bill Rizzi <RIZZI at USC-ISIB at MIT-XX>
I share your sentiments, but it appears the ditribution of this list
is growing and there are a LOT of new users who aren't familiar with the
conventions. I think some sort of reminder sent periodically would help, as
well as a general guideline sent to each person who gets themselves on the
list.
Bill
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info-cpm-request, are you listening?
better yet, i could just mail out all of the info-cpm archives....
hmmmm.......
-andy
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>From CARTER.RU-GREEN@BRL Tue Dec 14 01:40:15 1982
Sender: CARTER.RU-GREEN@BRL
Cc: RIZZI@Usc-Isib, info-cpm@BRL
To: Andrew Scott Beals <RMS.G.BANDY.MIT-OZ@Mit-Mc>
Via: Rutgers; 12 Dec 82 11:18-EST
Via: Brl; 12 Dec 82 11:27-EST
Via: Brl-Bmd; 12 Dec 82 11:31-EST
From: Andrew Scott Beals <RMS.G.BANDY.MIT-OZ@Mit-Mc>
i totally agree with the following.
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From: Bill Rizzi <RIZZI at USC-ISIB at MIT-XX>
I think some sort of reminder sent
periodically would help, as well as a general guideline sent to
each person who gets themselves on the list.
I certainly am not sure that I agree; the problem is irrelevant
excess material sent to the entire list. The solution offered is
sending more irrelevant material to the entire list.
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info-cpm-request, are you listening?
If there is one thing the poor maintainer does not deserve, it is sarcasm.
better yet, i could just mail out all of the info-cpm
archives.... hmmmm.......
-andy
Even as an @i(unattractive) joke, the threat to engage in this kind
of destructive conduct troubles. It is contrary to the most
important convention governing lists; that all net usage be governed
by a spirit of cooperation and courtesy, particularly on the part of
guest users. (Or does this user have a federal contract number?) This
sounds more like bullying. The fact that the bully would have to
spend six weeks saying M-X Split File in order to carry it out the
threat might not be known to the novice user being threatened.
If the occasional 'please remove' message bothers so much, why not
spend a few moments hacking a function to search for messages
containing those words and strip them from the Babyl file? Better
still, do something constructive; hack COMSAT so it will redirect
those messages to the REQUEST addressee automagically.
_Bob