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

[David A. Belsley]

Wow, do I find this response to be out of bounds.  I go Don's route.

best wishes,

dave belsley, w1euy


On Mar 16, 2006, at 10:53 AM, Craig Rairdin wrote:

> 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."
>
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