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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:29 AM To: Craig Rairdin Cc: [email protected] 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." _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
