Remove From List

[Vincent Wright]

Thank you Shirl!
Well said!
Vincent Wright
vince_wright at snet.net

Shirl Kennedy wrote:

> As a matter of public policy (and common sense), I make every attempt to
> avoid getting into p*ss*ng contests with skunks, particularly on the Net.
> But this individual's last couple of posts have been so rude and ignorant
> that I feel compelled to speak up.
>
> When you subscribe to this list (and most similarly well-tended lists), you
> receive a welcome message that details, among other things, how to
> unsubscribe, should you later come to realize that the list does not meet
> your needs.  You need to save this message -- whether you print it out and
> file it away, or stash the digital version in a folder somewhere on your
> hard drive.  This message also contains information about whom to contact if
> you have trouble unsubscribing by following the instructions contained
> therein.  There is also information about the list's home page, at
> http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/ , which offers very detailed
> information on the operation of this list.
>
> Okay.  You've lost the original message you received.  Well, FAQs
> (compliments of Mr. Dowling) are posted intermittently as well.  If all else
> fails, crank up a search engine and type in "web4lib" -- an unusual term
> that should lead you promptly to the list archives and/or home page, where
> you can at least find out who the list owner is, and send a polite e-mail
> asking for help in getting unsubscribed.  (Been there, done that, when I
> changed e-mail addresses and experienced problems converting my
> subscription.)
>
> I took a look at Mr. Stone's Web page.  He portrays himself as an
> Internet/Web hotshot of sorts.  However, he seems unable to manage something
> as basic as signing off a list without resorting to overt rudeness.  I'm
> sure I am not the only member of this list who was put off by this message.
> As I tell my sons repeatedly -- in my ongoing parental attempt to stimulate
> an impetus toward civilized behavior -- a little common courtesy goes a long
> way.  It makes people feel good.  It takes the edge off the harshness of the
> in-your-face world in which we exist.
>
> And in the immortal words of my mother (and likely, almost everyone else's
> mother), "You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar."
>
> Sigh.
>
> Shirl Kennedy (stepping down from soapbox to resume doing laundry)
> Internet Waves columnist -- Information Today
> Shirl's Best Bets --
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> shirl at informingyou.com
> informingyou...  [WATCH THIS SPACE]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Stone <michael at photo.net.au>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
> Date: Sunday, April 12, 1998 8:03 AM
> Subject: Re: Remove From List
>
> >There seems to be people on this list including myself who are unable to
> >unsubscribe,
> >It is common courtesy for the administrator of a mailing list to provide
> >this information and implement the facility I like others am getting fed up
> >of sorting through my email daily as I have no filtering facility and why
> >should I have to anyway?
> >
> >                            Michael    Stone
> >                 _________________________________
> >
> >
> >                    >> http://www.photo.net.au/michael/ <<<
> >
> >                            08 9225 4032
> >
> >