On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:04:57 -0700
JC Dill <inet-list@vo.cnchost.com> wrote:
> Since these messages are not going *to the list*, should I, as list
> owner, take any action (set their subscription to nomail, or ?)
> against the subscriber?
I follow a simple practice of walking the following scale based on
repeat offenses:
1) Public warning.
2) Automatic public unsubscription, free to re-subscribe but not
encouraged to.
3) Automtic publicly unsubscribe the domain (if a company), free to
resubscribe but not encouraged to. If not a company domain,
unsubscribe the poster and ban from resubscribing.
4) If a company automatic public unsubscription and banning of the
entire domain from resubscribing .
If offenses pile up over a short period of time, I'll climb the scale
more rapidly (eg several people at different sites invoke rogue bots
over a fortnight).
> 1) The messages are not going to the list, but rather to the author.
Frankly, I don't care. THey have shown themselves irresponsbile email
system users and abusers of the email services and data I provide them
as a list operator.
> In some situations, it IS appropriate to let a list poster know that
> you will not be reading and replying to their post in a timely manner.
I have yet to find a case where this is actually true. Sure, it may be
pleasant, but needed? No.
> Should my action be different if the vacation program sends multiple
> responses to the same poster?
I just climb the above scale more rapidly, skipping levels, in those
cases.
> What I am seeking is not so much "the answer" as to make sure I've
> asked all the right questions to help me come up with the answer for
> my list.
For me its a question of what expectations I have of my list posters,
and what responsibilities they assume by being a list member.
--
J C Lawrence
---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
claw@kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh?
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
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