Quoting Federico Sevilla III ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Is it time that a ban policy be whipped up and agreed upon for this > mailing list?
I'd suggest that this is a solution for a nonexistent problem. If/when I decide I no longer wish to see someone's post, I quietly and efficiently killfile his address. Thereafter, his posts don't annoy me because I simply don't see them -- and I'm not tempted to flame him or otherwise create secondary-level problems. So, I'd like to enthusiastically sing the praises of killfiles, as extremely effective aids to both civility _and_ signal-noise ratio, that also have the advantage of being adjustable to the needs of each list-member. _Long_ before I would be tempted to urge someone else's "banning", I'd just add him to ~/.procmail/rc.twit . End of problem -- no argument, no unpleasantness. 100% effective. (I trust that the listadmins will de-subscribe spammers and anyone who posts off-topic spew, as sometimes happens on mailing lists -- but they don't need formal "policies" to do so.) -- Cheers, If C gives you enough rope to hang yourself, then C++ gives you enough Rick Moen to bind and gag your neighbourhood, rig the sails on a small ship, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and still have enough to hang yourself from the yardarm. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
