> James E. Lang wrote: > > <snip> > > > One more thought on this slightly divergent topic: When responding to > > the people who feel trapped on the list I think that we should send > > our response to them off list rather than clutter the list with more > > of the spitting contests. Maybe the first person to respond could copy > > the list indicating that he/she will take responsibility to guide the > > trapped person in finding his/her way off the list and then try to be > > tactful in helping the person.
AG wrote: > That would be a comical twist of fate if suddenly all of us "helpful, > polite, tactful, etc." subs to this list individually sent this person > unsub instructions *without* CC'ing the list!! Do you think the OP > would feel bombarded by kind offers of help? ;) > > AG bg: Maybe, just maybe, if that were to happen, eventually the noob would learn to read all the way to the bottom in case there were instructions to be found there.... but I don't want to hold out false hopes :-) Brewster -- *********************************************************************** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable low-carbon vegan diversity *********************************************************************** W. Brewster Gillett [email protected] Portland, OR USA *********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
