>On Wed, 27 Oct 1993 21:13:37 PDT john riehl said:
>>without that persons consent.  In the case of a mailing list,
>>there is an implied consent to the listowner, of restricting discussion
>>to the topic and form of the list.
>>
>Could somebody expand on this "implication?"  It might be more
>ammunition when I ask somebody to take his pearls of wisdom someplace
>else.
 
If the list is setup NOTIFY=YES, then you and the subscriber see
mail that says something like,
 
You can, if needed, send the following command to [log in to unmask]
(or LISTSERV@fqdn) to remove this person from the list: DELete xxxxxx-L
userid@node
 
Virtually,
 
   The LISTSERV management
 
>    I have some unmoderated, open lists and when things get
>completely outside the topic of the list, I send email to the
>person/persons asking them politely to stop.  By then, probably
>they have already received enough flamemail from other subscribers
>there is no problem.  Problem solved.
 
As always, the best defense is a good offense: usual rules and
etiquettes in the Welcome Message.
 
>    But sometimes they ask who am I to say what can be posted on
>the list.  That tempts me to say "I'm the owner, that's who." :-)
>(But, I don't, at least until I delete them or set them to nomail.)options
>nolo
>gsually an explanation of how lists are set up will suffice, but
>I'm always looking for a better rationale.
 
I believe that there is always a line (drawn in the sand) that
someone will always (want to) step over.  And the retort,
"who are you to tell me" is always echoed.
 
Just my .02 non-denominational monetary units.
 
/Pete