forde@EGLIN-VAX.ARPA ("MAJ ERIC S. FORD") (12/21/87)
Does getting these mis-sent APPLE2-L requests clutter your mailboxes as much as mine? I'm not normally a vindictive person, and I realize that everyone has to learn sometime, but there is a limit to even my patience. It would seem logical that these individuals requesting INFO or files from APPLE2-L must have read about the LISTSERVer here on the net and (since virtually every discussion has mentioned the need to address requests to LISTSERV vice APPLE2) so should be aware of the nuissance their mail creates. Posting instructions here seems to be so much wasted time...so, I make the following (admittedly petty) suggestion: those subscribers who feel as I do should forward a copy of the mis-sent mail back to the originator along with a short instructional note as to how to properly address these requests. Receiving a hundred or so replies of this nature might drive home the point. Eric (I know it's petty but I have a cold and my head hurts making me not a very nice person today) *************************************************************************** ------
rob@lucifer.UUCP ( 237) (12/23/87)
In article <8712201843.aa11553@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> "MAJ ERIC S. FORD" <forde@eglin-vax.arpa> writes: >Does getting these mis-sent APPLE2-L requests clutter your mailboxes as much >as mine? Yes. > I make the following (admittedly >petty) suggestion: those subscribers who feel as I do should forward a copy >of the mis-sent mail back to the originator along with a short instructional >note as to how to properly address these requests. Receiving a hundred or so >replies of this nature might drive home the point. Seems like a good way to drive it home when this is the case. However this morning 17 out of the 21 messages in my mailbox were from 'postmaster@psuvax1' re. undeliverable mail. Perhaps the header that the robot generates could have it's 'Reply-To:' header changed, to 'listserv' if nothing else is appropriate? THEN we could deal with the people who insist on not reading instructions. >(I know it's petty but I have a cold and my head hurts making me not a very >nice person today) Sorry to hear that. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Clive. UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!lucifer!rob Lucas Micos Ltd., Cirencester, GL7 1QG, UK. Now read on....