>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