>Dana certainly is correct, but it was quite sobering to see what >goes on in 'private'. I would hope that Robert A. Alexander's type of >pmail is very rare unfortunately it is ! as it could drive good Boring ? people from the list. And I >agree that the list administrator should be called in and a sever >warning given. I also agree with Sam Bateman that in the end, we >are all responsible for the list. malcolm s > >Dana wrote: > >> It is not good form to post p-mail to the list when one of the parties may >> not want the post to go public. A better route would be to forward said >> post to the administrator if it is felt necessary to do so. -Dana- Folks, this is not townhall or congress or anything of a body that sort but definetely representative for all kind of communities micro or macro. Have the same tolerance that you use in response to somebody's tirequestions or "oilwarning etc."postings and/or just delete the message - thanks I vote for Bob ! |
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