[Gllug] I APOLOGISE

[Karen Hanna Kruzycka]

At 08:46 12/02/2002 +0000, Richard wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 10:50:41PM +0000, Karen Hanna Kruzycka wrote:
> > At 22:41 11/02/2002 +0000, David wrote:
> >
> > >Why should we go out of our way to protect people who are too stupid to
> > >know who they're emailing?  I for one check the To: line before sending.
> >
> > So do I; but why is it obvious that gllug at linux.co.uk is a mailing list 
> and
> > not a personal addy?
>
>Because [Gllug] is in the subject line of the message?
>
>Because I get shedloads of mail in a separate gllug folder?
>
>Because I remember subscribing to a list with that address?[0]

I didn't ask 'How do I recognise posts from a mailing list to which I am 
subscribed?'.

>Sure, it could be an individual, but after 3 yes answers I start to
>suspect that it isn't.
>
>[0] Well technically I don't, but I could probably find the
>subscription notification somewhere.

No, you're missing my point. David said that he always looks at the To: 
line, which is fair enough. But I don't see why that _alone_ would tell a 
person that they're mailing a whole list, rather than one individual. If we 
separate the misdemeanour into two here: the first is this 'proactively 
looking' bollocks which actually means spamming, and that is inexcusable. 
The other is sending to a mailing list, rather than an individual, by 
accident - which is IMO a mistake which you don't have to be stupid to make.

Not a problem if people can't post from non-subscribed addresses, of 
course. A moderator could always approve the others if they seemed 
legitimate/of interest.

Karen/Vodka Vixen
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