[12104] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Nanoseconds and milliseconds: Correcting Dr. Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Forster)
Thu Mar 26 20:11:51 1998
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 18:09:46 -0600
From: Marc Forster <forster@rci.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: David Carlson <dcarlson@bridgew.edu>
<"Re: Nanoseconds and milliseconds: Correcting Dr.
Internet"@niflheim.rutgers.edu> (Mar 25, 4:55pm)
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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I appreciate the information about Eudora's filters. Its always helpful to
learn about new filters, but it seems important to consider the entire content
of various postings before making wholesale condemnations.
If you disagree with a particular point, then by all means let people know, or
filter the message out from your mail. Simply listing a name as an example does
not give listserv members much information, and it seems unfair to the person
you list.
Sincerely,
Marc Forster
On Mar 25, 4:55pm, David Carlson wrote:
> Subject: Re: Nanoseconds and milliseconds: Correcting Dr. Internet
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I would just like to add a hearty second to Bill Drew's recent suggestion on
> the management of Dr. Internet's messages and the use of a filter to effect
> the immediate transfer of these messages to the email trash bin. I have used
> this approach for the last couple of years (using Eudora Pro's filtering
> rules) and it's done wonders for my equanimity.... I heartily recommend it
> to others. (Another useful filter I have found is the occurrence of the
> characters "Vigdor" in a mail header.)
>
> There is one disadvantage to this approach. I do occasionally feel pangs of
> guilt that I am not contributing to the regular warnings and corrections to
> the mis-information that goes on for the overall good. No question that this
> is useful work. But I am heartened by the fact that there seems to be no
> shortage of others who take on this task (some a bit too seriously...) and
> the "perpetrators" seem to come up with ever creative ways to encourage and
> aggravate such responses. So, I sleep well.
> -------------
> David Carlson
> Director of Libraries
> Bridgewater State College Bridgewater, MA 02325
> E: dcarlson@bridgew.edu
> V: 508/697-1256 Fax: 508/697-1349
>-- End of excerpt from David Carlson
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