Subject: Re: To subscribe or not to subscribe.....
Date: Jun 19 09:36:49 1997
From: Steve Mansfield - steve at nwnet.net


> Steve Mansfield wrote in justified annoyance to junk email:
>
> " Does this list not prohibit posting from non-subscribers? Or did this
> butthead subscribe in order to post? If the former, I will likely
> unsubscribe until such time as it does implement this. I get enough of
> this crap as a moderator. I don't need it on my mailing lists. If the
> latter, I hope they're flogged senseless...."
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I am not "subscribed" to Tweeters, preferring to browse the list (on Jack Siler's birding web page) at my convenience, rather than having 20+ additional messages to delete from my archaic Microsoft Exchange program daily. I have enjoyed the ability to participate in the Tweeters community for the past few years, and wish to continue to do so, as I occasionally have a small bit to contribute that I hope the rest of the group enjoys.

Just as a private note, it's a pretty trivial things for alistowner to
refuse non-subscriber mail, but to place exceptions into the list software
to accept mail from certian addresses. Maybe that's something that could
be don. Susan Collicot indicated there were a few folks like yourself who
don't subscribe, but who post occasionally. Another option is to set up a
digest version of the list so you would only actually receive one message
per day from Tweeters to delete.

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