RE: [WSG] WSG - Time for a re-think on WSG.

2012-03-19 Thread Steve Green
...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Jim Croft Sent: 19 March 2012 03:10 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] WSG - Time for a re-think on WSG. yes - it is no big deal as an individual act, but in aggregate contributes to the advere side of the S:N ratio. The fact that it is demonstrably

Re: [WSG] WSG - Time for a re-think on WSG.

2012-03-19 Thread Russ Weakley
@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] WSG - Time for a re-think on WSG. yes - it is no big deal as an individual act, but in aggregate contributes to the advere side of the S:N ratio. The fact that it is demonstrably totally unnecessary makes it all the more irritating. Yes, I could write a filter

RE: [WSG] WSG - Time for a re-think on WSG. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2012-03-18 Thread Michael Carden
UNCLASSIFIED From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of ewen.h...@health.vic.gov.au After a while, we humans decide that small annoyances need to end and after hearing from an individual I don't know that  I am off sick today on the WSG group, I

Re: [WSG] WSG - Time for a re-think on WSG.

2012-03-18 Thread Lyn Smith
Today it is very hard to find time to fit in extra-curricular activities so am not blaming anyone for a perceived lack of original intent of the list currently. I found the list an enormous benefit to me when I was just starting out in web design. Every day brought posts of useful

Re: [WSG] WSG - Time for a re-think on WSG.

2012-03-18 Thread Jim Croft
It's not really a web standards issue, but the current acceptable standard for email list servers it to trap 'out of office' messages and /dev/null them with extreme prejudice. If the current list software can not do this, perhap it too should be /dev/null'd. I am subscribed to dozens of email

Re: [WSG] WSG - Time for a re-think on WSG.

2012-03-18 Thread Jon Reece
Personally, I don't mind deleting the few emails (relatively) that are out-of-office replies. If I did, I would probably just set up a filter since I'm using Gmail (and I'm pretty sure most popular email clients support advanced filters as well). I find that the very small amount of time it takes

Re: [WSG] WSG - Time for a re-think on WSG.

2012-03-18 Thread Jim Croft
yes - it is no big deal as an individual act, but in aggregate contributes to the advere side of the S:N ratio. The fact that it is demonstrably totally unnecessary makes it all the more irritating. Yes, I could write a filter to catch these messages, but this is the 21st century, there are email