Re: [ga-abuse] Jeff Williams - Again

[k@widgital.com (Kristy McKee)]

I recommend not bothering with the cross posting... he disagrees and does 
have a lot of time to do whatever he chooses...

I recommend we leave Mr. Williams alone unless we receive complaints 
against him; and we should not be out looking for him to break the rules.

~k
At 12:43 PM 5/7/2001 +0200, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
>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.
>
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