I'm going to invoke the ten day rule, which JohnLX200 posted a few
weeks ago saying that you weren't allowed to criticism him publicly
or you would be kicked off, _unless_ you had contacted him privately
and spent at least ten days trying to work things out. I spent more
than that, to no effect and some level of insult.

Those who are tired of draconian measures like the one attached,
double mails, extremely slow mail delivery (sometimes to the point of
no delivery at all) and other such problems should go over to
groups.yahoo.com and sign up for the LX200 groups. They have 300
members, which is a far cry from this groups 1,300 (hence my
subscription to both and my tolerance of John), but it is a nice group
of folks who are every bit as willing to help out as those here.

In addition, yahoo groups has a calendar (think star parties, meteor
showers, LX300 release dates ;-) ), links, files, chat, polls all the
stuff you would expect from something modern.

I encourage everyone to check it out...

http://groups.yahoo.com
-or-
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lx200

rw2


> I'm suspending the subscriptions of everyone who posted a virus
> warning or engaged in inappropriate responses to it, including
> flaming or name calling. I might have forgiven the first warning,
> but it knowingly flamed. I might have forgiven the second, but that
> might start a precedent of allowing multiple people to post similar
> hoaxes, unknowingly or not.
>
> By making the suspensions one month (except for Dray's, which is 48
> hours due to not having paid attention, but also not having flamed
> or attacked anyone) you will all easily remember on what date you
> are welcome to resubscribe: April 1st, known at least in this
> country as April Fool's Day.
>
> A simple post with the correct info is considered acceptable up
> until someone else has already done so, although in no case is ANY
> action truly necessary if everyone takes responsibility for their
> own received emails.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
> MAPUG list administrator
>
> ------
>
> I got this same hoax on my wireless pager the other day, and it
> indeed looks scary at first if you don't check it out. However, I
> then did what everyone should do: went to the websites mentioned,
> saw no great commotion as claimed, and quickly figured out it was a
> hoax. I didn't forward it to my friends, much less send it to
> mailing lists to which I subscribe...or even worse, CROSS-POSTING it
> everywhere.
>
> Everyone, please refrain from posting any virus warnings, chain
> letters, or anything else like that to the list. Please contact me
> privately if you feel a warning must be posted, and I will decide
> whether to post it. Or if you're truly afraid, just turn off your
> computer for a day or two, and watch the news on TV to see if it's a
> real attack ;-)
>

--
Keep Manhattan,
just give me that countryside
-Vic Mizzy

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