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Ed Price <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 11 Dec 1998 10:28:20 -0500
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PLEASE

What is the purpose or objective of this mailing list.  I thought it was
related to effective use and improvement of LSOFT.  Am I mistaken.  It is
beginning to look like an outpost of the feminist movement.

Curious

Ed

At 08:19 AM 12/11/1998 -0500, Pete Weiss wrote:
>I know it's poor for you.  Please do not follow my recommendation.  Those
>like you who are sophisticated in the ways of LISTSERV(R) can properly
>evaluate my suggestions.
>
>The original list-owner probably was not as sophisticated as you (in the
>ways of LISTSERV), and I projected that onto his/her list recipients.
>
>Perhaps every command and list-configuration keyword, has some unintended
>consequence that we wish we had not done (or done).
>
>I would modify my posting about the QUIET SET by addendum, "Please notify
>your subscribers that you have made this change, and why, so that they
>know what is going on, and can adjust to it if necessary."
>
>/Pete
>
>At 23:20 12/10/98 -0500, Don Wiss said:
>|Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>|
>|>or
>|>QUIET SET listname SUBJECT FOR *@*
>|
>|This is a very poor recommendation to be making. Yet I often see it being
>|made on list owner lists.

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