Quoting Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
There's nothing hostile about educating people on how mailing lists
work. How are they supposed to learn if no one tells them? He _sent_
spam to the list, I _told_ him he sent spam to the list, and offered
suggestions how to avoid same in future. No hostility intended or
included; it's all in your mind.
That may be, but I would hardly call it spam. He was (presumably)
asking if the list was down.
According to Wikipedia:
"Spam has several definitions, varying by the source.
* Unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE)?unsolicited e-mail, sent in large
quantities.
* Unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE)?this more restrictive
definition is used by regulators whose mandate is to regulate
commerce, such as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
* Any email message that is fraudulent.[citation needed]
* Any email message where the sender?s identity is forged, or
messages sent though unprotected SMTP servers, unauthorized proxies,
or botnets."
Let's see:
*He did send his message to *everybody* on the list. But so did you.
*I didn't see a sales pitch in there.
*Maybe he wasn't *really* trying to find out if the list was down.
*He did use a Gmail account, so maybe he's not who he claims to be.
Every time the list goes quiet the number of posts asking if the list
is working rises exponentially daily, and there's no need for it.
If that were the case, the list wouldn't really be quiet, now, would it?
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