[Dundee] LUG submissions from Mars - Open Letter

[Duncan Gauld]

Yes but it is far easier to send to the whole list, or none at all.

If anyone would like to get it, I'm sure that can be arranged.

Regards Duncan.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven A. McIntosh" <steven@mcintosh-group.com>
To: <dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Dundee] LUG submissions from Mars - Open Letter


> You should give the people the choice.
>
> Regards
>
> Steven
>
> On Saturday 09 November 2002 10:01 am, you wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Good point.
> >
> > It was intended to be an (occasional) digest from the Aberdeen group but
> > getting that all sorted seems to have proved to be more of a harassment
> > than .. well you get the picture.
> >
> > I will see that the Aberdeen digests are cancelled.
> >
> > Duncan
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steven A. McIntosh" <steven@mcintosh-group.com>
> > To: <dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 8:54 AM
> > Subject: [Dundee] LUG submissions from Mars - Open Letter
> >
> > > Dear all
> > >
> > > I was horrified when I opened my e-mail client and found bandwidth
hogged
> >
> > by
> >
> > > e-mails that I had not requested.  Yes you all know the feeling SPAM
had
> > > arrived in my box.  Was it trying to sell me something?  Was it trying
to
> >
> > con
> >
> > > me?  No! it was trying to inform me on a subject which is close to my
> >
> > heart.
> >
> > > LINUX
> > >
> > > Whilst it is superficially a good idea to disseminate knowledge, you
have
> >
> > to
> >
> > > be a willing party to this sharing or it becomes an infringement.
> > >
> > > Let me try to explain.
> > >
> > > Let us assume that it is felt by the democratic majority that it is a
> > > good idea to get digests from other LUG's.  It appears we have
Aberdeen,
> > > what next, Falkirk, Scottish, Edinburgh.  Is that enough, what about
the
> > > rest
> >
> > in
> >
> > > Scotland, what about England, the UK, Europe, The WORLD ?
> > >
> > > What then as we drown in information and have to spend all day down
> >
> > loading
> >
> > > the latest epistle from Abu Dhabi ?
> > >
> > > But I digress.
> > >
> > > In order for something to be of benefit you have to give the people in
> > > receipt of this benefit the choice.  What choice do we have, when the
> > > next digest from The Mars Linux User Group drops through our open
e-mail
> > > letter boxes.
> > >
> > > Can you refuse it, yes of course, but that requires work, and
eventually
> >
> > the
> >
> > > deny file gets so big it gets ugly, I don't like ugly, which is kinda
> >
> > ironic.
> >
> > > So you follow a link to unsubscribe, only to find out that you are not
> > > actually a member. So what next. There is only one course of action,
> > > unsubscribe from the LUG that you joined in the first place.
> > >
> > > I don't like the options.
> > >
> > > It funny that this situation is here as it reminds me very much of a
> >
> > recent
> >
> > > court case, where people had to use a certain browser because they
used a
> > > certain OS. Does this mean that we have to get all news because we
wan't
> > > local news and MEETINGS (Dundee or Perth).
> > >
> > > Don't let us ANTI-TRUST you Dundee, find some way of offering a choice
to
> > > receive these digests so they become a benefit rather than an
> >
> > infringement.
> >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Steven
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > Steven A. McIntosh
> > > Learn-and-Pass
> > > 27 Glenfarg Terrace
> > > Perth
> > > Perthshire
> > > PH2 0AP
> > > Tel / Fax : +44 (0)1738 561 023
> > > E-mail: steven@learn-and-pass.com
> > > Web: www.learn-and-pass.com
> > >
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