Re: [ga-abuse] Jeff Williams - Again

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@Alvestrand.no>]

At 15:43 07.05.2001 +1000, Patrick Corliss wrote:
>I think you mentioned that bounced messages cost us money.  Certainly they
>add to the workload of the Chair and/or the Alternate Chair if they need
>corrective action.  Despite all the reminders, Jeff Williams continues to
>cross-post.  This is an abuse of the mailing list which is sufficient to
>have his posting privileges completely removed.  There is no rule but that
>is an acceptable course for email abuse.

Again, this comes down to whether messages that are against the rules but 
do not appear on the list are a basis for action.

I think it's reasonable in some cases - but we need to be careful to 
document the pattern of abuse if it is not obvious to all, and SHOULD 
change the list rules at some point to make the possibility explicit.
Note: in the particular case of crossposting to GA, the ga-full archive has 
the necessary evidence....


>I propose that a public warning be sent to Jeff Williams.  Should he
>continue to cross-post then his posting rights may be removed.  The
>alternative is to automatically forward all BOUNCED messages to the sender.

Don't do the last one.
If it comes to generating traffic, he has more time to send it than we do.