Taka, Email lists come in different flavours. There are:
1. Unmoderated. 2. Slightly moderated. 3. Very moderated. 4. Highly moderated. 5. And then there's the Powerlist, but that's another story. I belong to three lists. One is so well moderated that you can't even post stuff for sale with a 'FS' at the front of the subject line. There is an army of listmoms and they'll unsubscribe you if you even think of an off-topic word in your post. It's a very active list. Another is so-so. There is one list moderator and he vets the posts (only 20 or so a day, admittedly). But he's not totally strict, only moderating when it's obvious things have run there course. He removes excessive signatures with advertising, including mine (that follows this email - and he's a Mac man too!) so it's a tidy list. But fun. Then there's the PDML. It has a great atmosphere. As Graywolf has written (very well, too) it can be a little brash here from time to time, but that is the nature of a very slightly moderated list. Doug Brewer walks very softly, but boy he carroes a big stick. Hardly anybody gets unsubbed, but it happens. Now, I don't mean to be patronising, and forgive me if I come across that way, but: with a list like this, it requires a little more work on behalf of the subscriber. What you have to do is set up a filtering system on your email application. If you don't like to read a thread, what you do is set it to go straight into your deleted folder. Most call this a 'kill file'. This way, amazingly, your eyes are not molested by the spurious blitherings of Off-Topic Ranting. Yes, it's a free world my friend, and with some things there is a price to pay. With this list, it's a very free exchange of information and ideas, usually with a Pentax-related issue <g>, but to get that uncensored, unmodified free excahnge of ideas, you have to be prepared to wade through stuff you aren't the slightest bit interested in. Hey, I get the digest version and *I* have to scroll through Gigabytes of irrelevant text - sometimes - but actually quite rarely. Without wanting to sound harsh - use the delete button, or subscribe in digest mode, or unsubscribe. But if you do hang around, and I would highly recommend it, be prepared for some interesting debate and exchange on Pentax, photography, and.....anything! Best, Cotty _______________________________________________________ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
