In article <200603021632.03869.pat at computer-refuge.org>,
Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> writes:
On Thursday 02 March 2006 13:21, Richard wrote:
um.... and how is this relevant to the list?
Seems like a plain old
file conversion spam, unless he's really saying he can convert my
.d64 disk image into a ZIP file.
You know, it's a great idea to insult the guy who moderates
non-subscriber messages onto the list...
Oh please, don't be so hypersensitive!
I didn't insult him or anyone else, I asked how it was relevant to the
list and stated that it seemed like spam to me.
How you react is up to you. You could ignore my message and move on.
You could reply with how you thought it relevant. (I even provided an
'out' in my message of a situation where it would seem relevant to me.)
You could also disagree with my opinion that it seems like spam. All of
these would be constructive replies, but to erroneously claim that I
was insulting someone is just plain silly and not constructive. I
guess now you can claim I'm insulting someone if you find it insulting
to be called silly. Oh well. There's no right to not be insulted.
I don't even know if there is or isn't someone who "moderates
non-subscriber messages to the list". For all I know, like 99%+ of
the mailing lists out there, non-subscriber messages are automatically
treated as spam and discarded with no user intervention. That's how
all my lists are setup and from talking with other list managers and
being a subscriber on other mailing lists, this appears to be the
norm.
The "welcome" message for this list makes no mention of
non-subscriber message moderating duties, nor does the web page
<http://www.classiccmp.org/cctalk.html> discuss any such moderation
duties or persons.
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