We could require cryptographic signatures (PGP or PKI) on email from
participants.
But that's a LISTSERV change that L-Soft prolly has to implement.
On 5/18/26 10:17 AM, Michael Watkins wrote:
All true. Other identifying the disease sooner and amputating earlier, I can
think of no solution.
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Jousma, David
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2026 8:39 AM
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The diseased limb was amputated once or twice. It just comes back as another
extremity under a different name.
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Michael
Watkins <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, May 18, 2026 at 9:00 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: IBM-MAIN Rules
What I'd talking about is beyond issues of tolerance and fairness.
When those twenty people scale back their participation, they are twenty
fewer people sharing their experiences. The mutual-aid, problem-solving
community becomes less. Not to mix metaphors, but sometimes a diseased limb
must be amputated.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Michael Watkins
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2026 7:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: IBM-MAIN Rules
While what you say is true, I'm talking about what actually happens.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Matt Hogstrom
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2026 7:17 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: IBM-MAIN Rules
It's evident who the trolls are based on their posts. Simply deleting the
content is the best way to avoid feeding them.
On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 8:10 AM Michael Watkins <
[email protected]> wrote:
Darren Evans-Young: Doesn't it seem obvious that there's one source of the
name-calling and non-IBM Mainframe related posts? For every one of these people
you fail to get rid of, twenty others simply start to not open email from this
LISTSERV.
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Darren Evans-Young
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2026 11:40 PM
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Subject: IBM-MAIN Rules
Please stop the name calling and other non-IBM Mainframe related posts.
Here are the rules...again....
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