Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ox.com!ox.com!emv From: emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Moderation of alt.sources through Mass Annoyance Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 91 22:06:47 GMT References: <19093@rpp386.cactus.org> <1991Mar08.144014.28853@convex.com> <1991Mar9.022240.27214@wolves.uucp> <1991Mar11.162930.8008@convex.com> Sender: usenet@ox.com (Usenet News Administrator) Organization: OTA Limited Partnership, Ann Arbor MI. Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM's message of 11 Mar 91 16:29:30 GMT In article <1991Mar11.162930.8008@convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: At the request of someone in email, I'm posting my rn magic for sending someone an automatic message gently chiding them for their misplaced posting into alt.sources. I think that this is a mistake. Much better would be to put more sources in alt.sources, so that people learn by example what to expect there, and don't mistakenly ask questions. For instance, if you see sources in some other group, repost them into alt.sources. Or post something of your own! Auto-hassling scripts strike me as an unnecessary annoyance likely to cause animosity. better would be to either ignore the posting completely , or answer the request by mail as best you can and gently chide the user into changing their ways. --Ed