I VERY rarely voice an opinion on this list but exactly WHAT here "appears to
be propagated by seemingly few members?" Someone--who possibly has someone
close serving overseas-- submitted a post, the contents of which were clearly
identified. Even after opening it, one had a choice of whether or not to
download the link; it was also CLEARLY IDENTIFIED as off-topic. What's the big deal
here? I belong to a number of lists--no one seems to have a problem with
off-topic posts, as long as they're identified as such and.
As regards spam, despite its driving me crazy, I'm with AOheLl for the long
haul. Its spam filter is extremely effective once you customize it; I get
virtually none of the junk other subscribers mention, not even in my spam folder.
Whatever does slip through is easily disposed of with a click of the "delete"
button and non-spam, once identified as such, never ends up in the spam folder
again. I'm sure that other ISP's provide similar services.
I really wouldn't like to think that it's the particular subject of the
"offending" post that has some members up in arms. Do ALL off-topic posts receive
such vociferous objections or have I just overlooked them? Have these been ones
"propagated by seemingly just a few members?"
Karen Kletter
In a message dated 1/5/05 10:07:32 AM, writes:

These appear to be propagated by seemingly just a few members,
not just trolls as Jim describes.

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