> Hi Mike, > > Please take my remark in the context of the message.
Never fear, no offense taken! > ...They seem think that you should be able to somehow censor > messages. I know that is not possible. Possible, actually, but not without a terrible cost in slowing down the propagation of messages and losing all spontaniety -- not to mention making far more work for myself. > All you can do is deny access. I can tell that you have a problem > taking that course. A Judge has to be willing to declare a person > guilty or innocent and to sentence them promptly. I've severed a blessedly few people from the list in the two years I've kept it going. When it's necessary I'm perfectly willing to take that step and not look back. Normally a few warnings and some of these sort of "visionary," "this is how we ought to behave..." postings are enough to solve most problems and help folks find their place in the community. > If people use the method of the whacko file that I outlined, they > would take the responsibility upon themselves, where it belongs, > IMHO. Also known as "twit filters" (I've always sorta liked that name!!), these are very useful for deep-sixing an entire thread by "Subject" field. I like that a lot better than "Plonk"ing people whole, as some of the strangest folks on the list are among the most knowledgeable and helpful! <GRIN> It is *also* a vital tool for making mailing list use a saner experience. The filtering function lets you direct all incoming messages to the dumpster **or any other location** depending on what's in the headers. Just route all mail from silver-list to its own folder and you never have to sort it all out in your in basket again. I am on at least 8 mailing lists right now, with daily traffic volume approaching 500 messages. I'd never survive that if they weren't sorted for me as they come in. > P.S. I think I would make a terrible judge as well. You understand, I'm sure! Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
