>From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
>
>He seems to think there's nothing wrong with sending email to lists one
>doesn't belong to and in fact, it's a common practice, it happens all the
>time. And that it's a *condoned* practice. His reasoning is that it's
>okay to do it because there's nothing there stopping you (I was like, yeah,
>there's nothing stopping people from forging to a moderated newsgroup but
>that doesn't mean it's okay to do that) and he says there's nothing in
>Usenet etiquette denouncing the practice.
I see nothing wrong with this as a general practice, although in
specific cases (such as the one you cite) it can be improper. I run a
lot of scientific mailing lists, and if I spot an item that might be of
interest to a particular group I post it to them. So long as the
postings are appropriate, what is wrong with this?
For example, if someone picks up some hot news about an outbreak of red
tides or a new kind of shellfish poisoning, they would be welcome to
share it with the phycotoxins mailing list whether they belong or not.
Bill Silvert
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