Brian Callagan (callagan@LAPLAZA.TAOS.NM.US)
Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:07:53 -0800
Message-ID: <30FDB988.4C12@laplaza.taos.nm.us> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:07:53 -0800 From: Brian Callagan <callagan@LAPLAZA.TAOS.NM.US> Subject: Re: Buckling and finite elements. To: Multiple recipients of list CIVIL-L <CIVIL-L@unb.ca> Marc Feuerstein wrote: > > Dear Mr Corso. > It is already the second or the third time you send your political > propaganda to the civil-l mailing list. > A mailing list such as this one is a *professionnal* working tool for > engineers.It is meant to make a link between people of the same > professionnal activity, for letting people help and solve questions.Postings > as yours, works AGAINST those lists, by flooding personal eMail postboxes, > and so annoying people.If those people are annoyed, they will go away from > the list, and won't be able to help other, or get help. > By sending messages who has no relationship whatsoever with civil > engineering, you work against your own cause, by showing yourself as a not > respectful person for other peoples work (like the ones who work to make > this mailing list possible, and people who receives your rubbish in their > box).Can I suggest you to send these messages in some specialised newsgroups > or mailing lists, where people will appreciate the contents of your messages ? > Thank you in advance. > > Marc Feuerstein. > > By the way, what I told the last time about your 'selling marketing' is > obviously (and sadly) still true ... > > 2.Helping 'for peace', 'against AIDS', etc... is NOT a respectable > SELLING argument.CNI is a COMMERCIAL institution, and it is not > respectable to use people's feelings and society problems this way > for *publicity*. > > N.B. : Question to subscribers of the civil-l mailing list : is there a way > to 'filtrate' the messages of CNI ? > Other question : If someone is not a subscriber of the list and he sends a > message, will his message be sent to everybody, or does it works only if the > senders' eMail adress is in the listing of the members ? > A good solution could be to 'un-Subscribe' those people ? > > Anyone has an answer ?Thanks for voicing other's opinions.....Let's keep civil engineering civil.