On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
> > Um, this idea sucks. What if I don't use a mailer that supports
> > filtering?
>
> The idea is only as bad as your mailer's ability to filter. Given that
> your message-id shows that you're using Pine, I'd suggest enabling the
> filtering within that mail program.
I don't mean "I" as in myself. I meant it figuratively, as in "What if I
am a person that has a mailer that doesn't have filtering?"
> allowed. You've got your opinion, other people have theirs. I've seen
> no convincing argument made by either side as to why their suggestion is
My opinion is logical. Yours isn't.
> the one true way. Providing a mechanism which allows people to choose
> their options seems a lot less stupid than throwing a tantrum over
> something you don't control.
Look, I don't care as long as whatever method that is arrived at does not
allow spam to be posted to the list. I can't tolerate that.
Otherwise, this whole damn mailing list can go to hell. It sucks all my
time anyway with the mostly noise content.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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