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On Fri, 2006-04-08 at 07:16 -0400, Todd Slater wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I will unsubscribe this list next week because some of the members</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> just suck.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">As they say, don't let the (virtual) door hit your ass on the way out!</FONT>
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Todd, I think this is the #1 response from my list of three. A better response would be to say:<BR>
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<I>In Evolution:</I>
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<LI><I>Edit -> Message Filters</I>
<LI><I>Add</I>
<LI><I>Sender contains -> <A HREF="mailto:ttmrichter@gmail.com">ttmrichter@gmail.com</A></I>
<LI><I>Delete</I>
<LI><I>OK</I>
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This gives us #2: a directly useful response for the immediate problem.<BR>
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<I>This adds any message from a user you don't like (Michael T. Richter in this case) to a list of emails that gets automatically deleted. If you're using another mailer like Thunderbird, there are similar commands but I can't directly help you with those because I don't use them. A quick pass at Google for "<mailer name> message filter" will likely find you similar instructions there. Further you'll find that judicious use of such message filters will make all but the most violently flame-ridden mailing lists livable thus allowing you to participate in more of them without seeing words and concepts that upset and/or offend you.</I><BR>
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This gives us #3: information and pointers to ideas that can make the user more productive and happy in the long term.<BR>
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I encourage, incidentally, anybody else who's offended by me, my ideas, my words or my attitude to make liberal use of this technique.<BR>
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<B>Michael T. Richter</B><BR>
<I><FONT SIZE="2">Email:</FONT></I><FONT SIZE="2"> ttmrichter@gmail.com, mtr1966@hotpop.com</FONT><BR>
<I><FONT SIZE="2">MSN:</FONT></I><FONT SIZE="2"> ttmrichter@hotmail.com, mtr1966@hotmail.com; </FONT><I><FONT SIZE="2">YIM:</FONT></I><FONT SIZE="2"> michael_richter_1966; </FONT><I><FONT SIZE="2">AIM:</FONT></I><FONT SIZE="2"> YanJiahua1966; </FONT><I><FONT SIZE="2">ICQ:</FONT></I><FONT SIZE="2"> 241960658; </FONT><I><FONT SIZE="2">Jabber:</FONT></I><FONT SIZE="2"> mtr1966@jabber.cn</FONT><BR>
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<I><FONT SIZE="1">"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery."</FONT></I><FONT SIZE="1"> </FONT><B><FONT SIZE="1">--Abraham Lincoln</FONT></B>
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