[Forwarded: Re: mail to radsafe]

[kramer@dialup.oar.net ("John Steven Kramer")]

>To: m-woo@uiuc.edu
>Subject: Re: mail to radsafe
>From: kramer@dialup.oar.net ("John Steven Kramer")
>Reply-To: steve@kramer.com
>Cc: steve@kramer.com

>>I thought I'd just leave a little reminder to everyone to check addressing
>>prior to sending mail to the mailing list.  I have seen several messages,
>>obviously intended for radsafe which were sent to root at romulus.  The
>>correct address for sending messages to the mailing list is
>>radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu.
>>
>>Additionally, I'd like to remind folks to send responses via private e-mail
>>if message content would not be of general interest to the approximately
>>700 subscribers to the list.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>-- 
>>Melissa Woo                       | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>>Health Physicist                  | Environmental Health & Safety Bldg., MC225
>>office phone: 1.217.244.7233      | 101 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL  61801
>>m-woo@uiuc.edu                    | http://www.cso.uiuc.edu/ph/www/m-woo
>>

>Melissa, please send a more strongly worded message about the proper use
>of this list. I am ready to unsubscribe because of all the noise and
>personal b-lls--t that clutters the list. A few people seem to use it for
>their own personal newsgroup.
>
>1) please remind people to send e-mail to the real address of the recipient.
> If a reader uses the reply feature, the reply goes to the list. Few seem
>to be aware of this.
>2) please insist that people self-censure their comments, I am sick of wading
>through dozens of cutesy one-line rejoinders that seem to bounce back and
>forth between a few thoughtless people.
>3) please make users aware of the different nature and purpose of a
>listserver vs. a newsgroup. I have read several postings that suggest to me
>that many feel that radsafe is just another newsgroup. 
>4) perhaps set up a radsafe-like newsgroup to contain these on-going
>discussions and banter, and allow radsafe to be used for postings of more
>importance.
>
>Thanks for listening, I wanted to send this to you before I flamed the list!
>
>Steve
>--

Dear RADSAFERS:

I quit. The bullshitters win. I am unsubscribing.

Steve