Re: administrative

I agree. The best way to put out the flame it to ignore the flamer. If the
fellow in question had a university address, someone could give the
university a "heads up". However, he used a hotmail account. Sounds like
he is saying goodbye...in his own special way.
Judi Kessler

On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Richard K. Moore wrote:

> 
> 1/31/2001, Alan Spector wrote:
>    > The other alternative is "moderation"...
> 
> Is there really only one other alternative?
> 
> First of all, there is no way to avoid being 'watched'. It
> is really only spam and offensive postings we need concern
> ourselves with.  Second, the incidence of intrusion has been
> very slight so far, and we don't know whether a pattern is
> developing or not, or whether it would be more than a minor
> nuisance.  In my experience, such intrusions usually come
> from zealots who roam around the net looking for 'enemies'
> to taunt, rather than from concerted campaigns to disrupt
> particular lists.   Third, we can first use the expedient of
> blocking particular addresses from the list, and that
> might suffice, even though people can use other addresses if
> they're determined enough.
> 
> In short I suggest we stay cool and see what happens, and
> then try light solutions if necessary before doing something
> that is itself disruptive to our process.
> 
> 
> 1/31/2001, Konstantin Borodinsky wrote:
>     > Students with no personal access shall provide a reference
>       from PERSONAL accounts, verifiable and traced, preferably
>       from the university [staff].
>     
> I can understand Konstantin's frustration - in some sense
> we've been subjected to a terrorist attack by a cowardly,
> untraceable poster.  Nonetheless I find it disturbing that
> our anger-response might lead us into mutual divisiveness
> and suspicion.
> 
> rkm
>