And see instead of wasting your time and mine by writing that you could have hit the delete key, taken less than 500 milliseconds and moved on.
> On Aug 26, 2015, at 2:30 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > A mail filter is not workable in all situations such as the one under heavy > discussion. The reasons given are clear. Your comment was not necessary. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 8/26/2015 11:10 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >> This is what I was suggesting but several folks got their panties in a bunch >> and feel that filtering is unacceptable. They’d rather be spoon fed I >> suppose than work their own silverware. >> >> Good point though >> >>> On Aug 26, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> may I offer a suggestion? there are mail filters that can be applied from >>> the end user. Most mail clients can actually do this based on a number of >>> criteria. So, if someone uses a foul tongue and makes threats, just filter >>> their mail into the trash based on that offenders email address, or based >>> on a list of words that are offensive. THe offender will realize with >>> alacrity that his messages are being ignore and will go elsewhere. >>> >>> Just a thought. >>> >>> -eric >>> >>> On Aug 26, 2015, at 10:56 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: >>> >>>> Of course, as always, it helps to remember that if nobody replied to the >>>> abuser, we wouldn’t have these issues. But it also helps to know that a >>>> moderator can do this quickly in response to a general consensus or clear >>>> harm being done, and that, for better or worse, people will respond >>>> angrily to threads and contribute to their derailment. I see no reason >>>> why anybody’s freedoms should be impacted by such moderation, only the >>>> benefits that come from a more efficient filter on the list mail than >>>> would be achievable otherwise by individual members, especially when the >>>> only tools available to them are on their devices. >>>> >>>> So, as I said previously, I regard this as a matter of administration, not >>>> ethics. Having a moderator around is simply important for damage >>>> control—nothing more. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
