"Horn, John" wrote:
>
> > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > Anyone want to feed me carefully-worded specific requests off-list?
> >
> OK. This isn't off list but how about...
>
> "Stop crossposting messages to other mailing lists and other newsgroups here
> to Brin-L."
If that wording worked, it would have stopped awhile back. Several
people have made that request, with the tone I'm seeing, in the past.
It hasn't stopped.
> I'm getting tired of having to read this crap here and read it on
> rec.arts.books.tolkien and other newsgroups.
>
> Personally, I'm tired of it. This is stupid. Stop it or BAN the guy.
>
> This is FAR beyond the realm of normal, civilized, "nice" behavior. This is
> NOT performance art. This is obnoxious behavior. This is the virtual
> equivalent of the guy who has to butt into every conversation in the office
> whether he is welcome or not. Or else the virtual equivalent of Tourett's
> Syndrome (sp?).
In my original post, I specifically said that politeness might work
where pissiness hasn't. I understand you're frustrated, but your post
is a case in point.
Now, I have informed Mark that cross-posting isn't going to be tolerated
any longer; if anyone sees the same exact post here and in another
forum, please notify the listowners immediately.
(And if enough people had brought the scope of the problem to the
listowners' attention sooner, something might have been done sooner.
This is the only forum I'm in where Mark is posting, and I'm just seeing
the occasional reply to something originating elsewhere. If the
listowners had been provided with some sort of documentation of
crossposting offenses, action might have been taken sooner on that
front.)
Julia
