I think enough is enough, it should not be that participants are allowed to openly ridicule and provoke. How about we vote on it.
Does anyone (besides Dick) think that Dick should NOT be eliminated from being allowed to post to the list? If no one or very few, vote to allow him to keep posting, then his ability to post should be removed for some period of time. What say the list? On Tue, 19 May 2026 00:17:17 +0000, Dick Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >lol I don’t care if there are zero responses. I know you’re all reading them. >This is an example of low IQ thinking. Certainly you’re not a trained >psychologist. > > >Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > >On Monday, May 18, 2026, 2:45 PM, Radoslaw Skorupka ><[email protected]> wrote: > >W dniu 18.05.2026 o 20:24, Rick Troth pisze: >> 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. > >What for? >This is open community. Everyone can sign in and there is no effective >verification of the person who did it. So in theory John Doe can >subscribe as John Doe, Albert Kowalski or every other name. >When revoked he can subscribe again under yet another name, using yet >another free email account. >While there is no chance to involve government-authenticated ID we won't >change the above. > >However there is really simple way to get rid off the trolls: >1. DON'T FEED THEM. Just no answer, even such as "it is off-topic", or >"stop doing it". Just NOTHING. No troll write a spam when there are no >readers, no feedback. >2. Use simple message filtering. Did the troll used "Joseph Smith" name? >Then use a filter that will direct these messages straight to the trash. >3. Remember to use 1 & 2. Always. > >-- >Radoslaw Skorupka >Lodz, Poland > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
