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Re: Misreading posting intent on lists

For those of you who have read this mail and are concerned
about the implications that return-receipts have you can
usually configure your mailer to either not send them or
to ask whether to send one or not.

I don't know about Internet Explorer but in Netscape if you
go to Edit->Preferences->Mail & Newsgroups you should
find all the necessary options to turn off sending receipts.

Cheers, Greg.

Steve Larwood wrote:
> 
> This list is great and I can also relate to the sentiments below re:
> hotmail etc.  (If you dont like non-music postings in this list, I
> suggest you but out now.)  To continue, please read the context below
> this response, from Geoff Collins (whose sentiments I am supporting),
> before you read my note.  Thanks.
> 
> I recently on this very list (although out of sight of its illustrious
> membership) took a contributor to task over their contribution to this
> list.  They had set their e-mail account to demand a return receipt for
> every contribution.  Think about it, if you want to build a profile of
> any list you join, whats the best way of finding out who they are?
> YES!!  Getting a receipt.  And if you dont know what Im talking about,
> you are especially susceptible.  And there is someone on here (the brass
> band list) still doing it.
> 
> I had a prolonged and very rude (not me being rude I add) discussion
> with this list person who it turns out works for a company that markets
> via the Internet!  Well knock me down with a feather and call me
> Herbert!  What a wizard wheeze to send an inflamatory message into a
> list that requires a receipt of delivery/opening (automatically I might
> add unless you know how to intercept it!), sit back and then build a
> maillist  that pertains to people that like music - especially when your
> company sells stuff extremely relevant to said list members.  SO a
> degree of scepticism when engaging with internet is necessary IMPO (in
> my professional opinion).  So I am adding my voice to the very real
> message that I concur with 100percent in the context posting below.  ANd
> it is relevant to Brass Band lists too, before we have another petty
> "cant we put a one liner message in the subject because I havent got the
> time to read drivel" spat.  And if the cap fits, wear it.  <flame out>
> 
> Steve Larwood
> Euphonium, Melbourne Town Band
> http://www.proactif.co.uk/mtb.htm
> 
> Geoff Collins wrote:
> >
> > Hello Granddad,  :-)
> > Thanks for your posting, I think your took the edge off my rather
> > aggressive submission.
> > As I enjoy the lists so much, I get rather wound up about someone trying
> > to spoil it.
> >
> > I think you are more technically aware than you make out, but if it was
> > an honest admission
> > that you did not follow my response please let me explain. Some web
> > sites let you have free email accounts and
> > recoup their expenses through advertising. As they don't collect any
> > money they don't verify any details
> > and it is quite common for people to get an account from hotmail in a
> > made up name. One fraud doing the rounds is
> >  pretending to be someone from say Demon accounts requesting your credit
> > card details. So on reading John Carters
> > submission I put 2 (provoking comment) and 2 (free email account)
> > together and thought this person had an ulterior
> > motive and thought if I didn't say something that members would take his
> > comments as serious.
> >
> > Hope you continue to make submission and if you are ever down Eastbourne
> > way, or at a contest in the south you'll drop me a line
> >
> > Bye for now
> > Geoff
> >
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