Hi folks, I am writing to seek your assistance in, and any ideas about how to deal with a person that I unsubscribed from Gambia-L, a mailing list I manage. To give you a brief background, I took this person off the list a while back, and he has now resorted to sending people abusive mail whenever they send postings to our list. Especially when people send in postings that are critical of the present Gambia government. Our archives are publicly-available at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html and you can follow some of the debate and sentiment on the issue, by looking for the name is Matarr Njie in our May and June postings. Matarr is a Gambian student at the University of Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I have contacted a number of people in the University to complain about the problem, but was told that the matter is a purely political matter they don't want to get into. Matarr sends his e-mail from Hotmail and I have over the past two or so months resorted to forwarding copies of insults he sends me by e-mail to both the authorities in Malaysia as well as to Hotmail. Hotmail has deleted every e-mail account of Matarr's that I've complained about, but this is not enough, because Matarr turns right around and creates another account. It's now getting to the point that I can predict when next I'm going to get insulting mail from Matarr. As the person who threw him off Gambia-L, I have become a regular recipient of not only his insults, but copies of those he sends to other subscribers when they post anything on the list. This clearly is a practice meant to discourage, even deter people from excercising their rights to debate other subscribers in a civil manner, and without fear of retribution. In light of these problems, I would appreciate if anyone can provide help, or offer suggestions about how to end this problem once, and for all. Given how easy it is to keep creating e-mail accounts on Hotmail, and similar services, the solution to our problem is in the authorities in Malaysia, and I will appreciate any help in, or suggesions about how to bring pressure to bear on them. Finally, I will be sending this posting to the St. Johns Univ. list managers list, and so I would like to apologise to those who recieve two copies of this. Thanks a lot for your time, and best wishes in your endeavors. Sincerely, Katim S. Touray [log in to unmask]