[Elecraft] Simple-minded SPAM filters vs. list participation

[Craig Rairdin]

I agree in the case where I send you a personal email then block your
response. No question that's rude. But we're talking about posting a
question to a list of 2000+ people, expecting an answer to be sent to the
list. I think it's unreasonable to expect all members of the list to
manually whitelist all members of the list in case they respond personally
to a posting to the list.
 
I don't see the problem. If I've taken a few minutes to reply directly to
some stranger, then taking a couple more seconds to fill out an
authentication form is no big deal. 
 
I would argue your position is no different than saying "I resent people
asking questions on this list and expecting me to answer. Like I have time
to tell them how to solder or where to look for the thermal pads in their K2
kit (they're in the envelope labelled "serial number kit" -- where else
would they be!!). I have to move my hand to operate the mouse and select the
reply button. Then I have to move my hand back to the keyboard and type out
a response, one letter at a time using a keyboard that has all the letters
scrambled. Then I proofread it to make sure I haven't made any obvious
mistakes, then it's back over to the mouse (will this never end?!) to select
"send". Oh, and to top it all off, now I have to delete the original
message! Who are these people who are saying, in effect, that their time is
more valuable than mine?"
 
It's truly bizarre to me to have people volunteer to join a list the purpose
of which is to help people do something they know about, then complain about
doing the very thing they voluntarily chose to do.
 
I've said what I came to say. That's my last posting to the list on this
subject. Any additional flames can be sent to me off-list and I'd be happy
to respond, even to your autoresponder. :-)
 
Craig
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Bayern [mailto:mbayern at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:29 AM
To: Craig Rairdin
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Simple-minded SPAM filters vs. list participation


When someone asks a question, they should be open to receiving the answers.

There is something very wrong about asking a question and then in effect
stating, "I'll only listen to those who choose to fill out my authentication
forms."