Xref: utzoo news.admin:14989 news.software.b:8149 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <1991Jun6.120359.5946@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 6 Jun 91 12:03:59 GMT References: <1991Jun4.193039.18424@alembic.acs.com> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 23 In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) writes: >If a mail message is not correctly addressed, there are damn good reasons for >*not* forwarding it, as has already been explained in excruciating detail. >Therefore we should silently delete badly-addressed mail messages. Eventually >people sending mail will correct their software and learn to be more careful >so that erroneous messages do not occur. Mail is very different from news. I strongly support Henry and Geoff in maintaining high standards for new. For mail directed to a mailing list high standards are also needed, because large mailing lists have many of the characteristics of news. But those who have suffered my comments in other forums know I will fight to avoid setting the same high standards for general email. Often email is used as a basic communication method to get help for solving problems, so a more tolerant attitude is required. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940