List Management - RESPONSE

I'd have to agree that the worst "noise" on the list comes, not from spammers, but from the people complaining about the spammers or making fun of them, or (worse yet) analyzing the content of the spam. Seeing some of these same people rake the list moderator over the coals for not "doing something about it" is like hearing someone complain about smog while driving a car that constantly belches blue smoke. What's wrong with this picture? I don't know Jay - in fact, I don't know that I've ever even exchanged e-mail with him - but I've rarely seen much on this list that's OT that hasn't been generated by regular list members. Sure, it's disappointing when some scumbag spammer sneaks a message onto the list now and again, but it's even more disappointing that some people can't just ignore the occasional spam and move on, without filling up the list with _responses_ to the spam. If someone farts in a business meeting, do you spend the next 10 minutes of the meeting complaining loudly about it, or do you just wince/shrug/smirk to yourself and carry on? I'd say anyone who hosts this list and puts up with the comments from such a mixed bag of eccentrics, neurotics, and overgrown kids as comprises this list deserves a gold star - not a black eye.