----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Firshman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Spam
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>
> I even emailed him personally last time telling him about the chaos he
> is causing .. but no reply when he returned. Maybe he didn't return
> (8-)# Just as well his end is 'clever' enough only to send one a day,
Probably Microshift Outlook then: that's what my work mail system does.
> otherwise life would get _really_ interesting.
>
> One easy solution would be to unsubscribe him, and send him the months
> archives on his return.
The best solution would be to use a better mailing list package. Majordomo
doesn't make temporary absences easy to cope with from the subscriber's
POV - you have to unsubscribe. Most of the mailing lists I use a lot are
either Listserv or Mailman lists: on these you can tell the system not to
send you mail while you're away - a far superior practice!
I was on holiday for 3 weeks from mid-June and ql-users and ql-developers
were two of only a few that I had to unsubscribe from because majordomo
can't temporarily suspend service. It's a pity, because otherwise majordomo
isn't too bad.
BTW I seem to have been lucky (or just have a good kill file) because I
didn't get any of the spam that Norman and others have been suffering. I
suppose we could all add Kit to our kill files until September.
Still only 3 weeks or so to go =8-(
Peter
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