[Am-info] Gene, we need a ruling - Spam and the list

[Felmon Davis]

On Thursday 26 September 2002 11:38 am, Jeff Wasel spake and saith:
> Whoa!
>
> Gene, we need a ruling. I have enjoyed Geoffrey's contributions to
> this list from it's inception, and this shouldn't have to happen.
> Fred, on the other hand, has become more a source of spam then of
> essential information.
>
> We took a poll on Fred, gave him a reprieve, and the amount of
> spurious mail seemed to wane, but now we're back to too much OT
> traffic. I say ban Fred, keep Geoffrey. Fred has outstayed his
> welcome with these continual postings. If he can curb this
> behaviour and lurk, fine, but I too subscribe (as does the majority
> of this list) to multiple sources of information, and I've yet to
> see anything *new* or novel from his postings. It's not as bad as
> our bundling buddy (ol' Louie Mettler), but it is getting there...
>
> What say the list?
>
> Waiting for a ruling,
>
> Jeff

I find Fred's stuff generally informative. what I don't find 
informative, I delete. I have good bandwidth, however, so it's no 
burden from that angle (but that doesn't seem to be the argument 
anyway). most people can just filter his stuff according to their 
tastes.

so I am not opposed to his postings. indeed, I enjoy them (or ignore 
them).

they do seem to annoy some people like crazy. maybe they should get a 
larger proportional vote, say their votes weigh twice as much as the 
votes of indifferentists like myself? <1/2*g>.  

in a way, the main issue is the character of the list. we're waiting 
on the judge's determination, right? isn't Fred's stuff like a chatty 
way to pass the time?

if you turn off the spigot here, where can I get a nice flood of 
Linux news mailed to me? I don't enjoy visiting websites. is there a 
good Linux news list someone can recommend?

F.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: am-info-admin@venice.essential.org
> [mailto:am-info-admin@venice.essential.org]On Behalf Of Geoffrey
> Sent: 26 September 2002 16:10
> Cc: AM-INFO
> Subject: Re: [Am-info] Red Hat Losses Down As Advanced Server OS
> Gains Ground
>
>
> Well I've had enough of it.  The noise ratio generated by the
> unrelated postings by Fred, have me deciding to unsub.  I'm a Linux
> advocate to, but I'm not on this damn list for that purpose.  Being
> a Linux user, I get all this elsewhere.  I don't need it twice.
>
> Thanks Fred.
>
> It's been nice folks.
>
> --
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@3times25.net
>
> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
>
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