18 Mar
2002
18 Mar
'02
2:52 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay West [mailto:jwest@classiccmp.org]
Please read the entire message below from the list
admin (who
is trying very
hard not to come out of his skin and choke someone)...
I, for one, wouldn't blame you if you did.
You wrote...
> > I don't think Jay has enough time
to manage the list anymore. I
suggest
> > > we find a new operator. What color is the sky in your world?
I don't recall whether I responded to this, myself,
but my response would have been along the same lines.
As a side comment - It's rather amusing that some
people have
told me I do
too much, others are now telling me I do too little. Hummm
Too much, in the sense of "you don't really have to
do all of this?" Or too much as in "you're getting
heavy handed?" I find the latter hard to believe,
but would agree with the former. It's been said
before, though, this is your list, no matter how much
some people may like to complain about it.
For example - take a look at the subject of this
thread "Big African
Grifters". Hummm ya think maybe that might be something I
wouldn't care to
read? Why did I finally see this convo? Because someone had
I have to offer the observation that if everyone did
this, they'd just delete all the emails with the
subject "Make Money Fast@!@@!@!!!!", and this spam
thing would never come up. :)
Some people have a strange need to read every piece
of spam that they come across, even if they're
marked clearly.
the forsight to
put "list management" at the front of the subject. I submit
that most people
skim the list the same way I do, watching the subject lines
for something
Well, see my comment above. ;)
on the list privately about it, and I will announce my
intended solution as
soon as I am damn well ready to commit to something. Yes, I
Anyway, the point of this was to express my support
of your basically doing whatever you "damn well"
please with your time, resources, and mailing list.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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