softdobs
02-16-2003, 05:05 PM
Yesterday, I was removed from a mailing list. I am retired and spend my winters in Arizona, and my summers in Montana. A new Linux users group was starting up in the town I live in, in Montana. I was very excited, but left before the first meeting. I was told I could participate by joining an automated mailing list. I kept sending in postings to the mailing list and got very few responses. This got me a bit frustrated and I made a few sarcastic comments about the agenda for thier third meeting. They plan to load Debian GNU/Linux on computers that interested town folks are persuaded to bring into their meeting place. My comments may have cast doubt on the wisdom of a program that may damage some strangers data files on a Windows machine, changing the boot sequence that the user may dislike, or just remove Windows all together.
Later, I attempted to set up what I called an Educational Forum with some guidelines that I posted to the mailing list. I have been collecting donated computers as a YMCA volunteer and was trying to set up a Linux educational program for when I return to Montana in June. No one responded to my proposal so I announced that I would keep sending it until someone responded because I had no way of knowing if anyone was recieving it. "While no one responds you keep getting it," in programming jargon. The person controlling the automated mailing list was the first to respond. He called my action of announcing that I would put my proposal in a while loop as inapropropriate and, without issuing a warning or asking for a consinsus from the group, informed me that my name had been removed from the mailing list and closed with good bye! I consider this as a rather lame excuse for kicking me off and expect he was looking for a way of removing somenoe who may disagree with his plans for the direction of the Users Group.
Is this common practice on mailing lists? I'll admit that I am a newbee at this sort of thing and hope for some feedback.
Later, I attempted to set up what I called an Educational Forum with some guidelines that I posted to the mailing list. I have been collecting donated computers as a YMCA volunteer and was trying to set up a Linux educational program for when I return to Montana in June. No one responded to my proposal so I announced that I would keep sending it until someone responded because I had no way of knowing if anyone was recieving it. "While no one responds you keep getting it," in programming jargon. The person controlling the automated mailing list was the first to respond. He called my action of announcing that I would put my proposal in a while loop as inapropropriate and, without issuing a warning or asking for a consinsus from the group, informed me that my name had been removed from the mailing list and closed with good bye! I consider this as a rather lame excuse for kicking me off and expect he was looking for a way of removing somenoe who may disagree with his plans for the direction of the Users Group.
Is this common practice on mailing lists? I'll admit that I am a newbee at this sort of thing and hope for some feedback.