Don Bryant (dsbryant@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:08:36 -0400
Nothing is ever perfect, eh!
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayde Allen <wallen@boulder.nist.gov>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: With all the talk from the listminders
> On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Don Bryant wrote:
>
> > True, but computers need to be a little more contextual in their
> > interpretation of human gruntings, not all people are as articulate
> > (computer literate?) as they ought to be.
>
> I'm sorry to say that there are still bugs in the RUM (Read User's Mind)
> command. I'm told that the engineering department is still working on it
> <grin>.
>
> I've run mailing lists that tried to filter administrative requests as you
> suggest. The problem is that you end up filtering valid messages as well
> as the relatively few unsubscribe requests. Even putting the unsubscribe
> information at the bottom of every message doesn't seem to solve the
> problem.
>
> (The most creative solution I've heard from a disgruntled list manager was
> to lock out command and posting permissions for people who try
> unsubscribing by sending messages to the posting address. The result is
> that the offender is now stuck on the list, can't post, and can't
> unsubscribe either.)
>
> - Wayde
> (wallen@boulder.nist.gov)
>
>
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