>On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Lefty wrote:
>> Sigh.  Running a mailing list is work.  If you don't want to work, don't
>> run a mailing list.
>
>Aldo is quite aware that running a list is work; he has been doing it
>for many years so he does not need a lecture on that.  However, he
>also has had a running battle with AOL for many years, and he thinks
>that we in the US need to impose strict laws on Internet usage and
>protocols.  These are frequent themes with him.
 
His suggestion as to how AOL should "resolve" this "problem" was, frankly,
not terribly well thought-out, to say the very least.  If he has such
massive problems with AOL subscribers, and is unwilling to deal with them
directly, he should close his list to subscribers from that source.
 
>He is a very concientious listowner, who cares about his subscribers.
>He therefore complains when he thinks things are not working as they
>should.  You may disagree with him, but I don't think you should
>ridicule him.
 
I got a similar complaint from Aldo, who characterized my posting as a
flame, encouraging me to add "over-sensitive" to the list of attributes I
perceive in him.  I was dead serious; no ridicule was intended.  If he
can't deal with error messages, then he should look for another avocation.
They're part of the package.
 
 
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