On Tuesday 13 May 2008 01:09:59 am Jaap van Ganswijk wrote:
> At 2008-05-13 02:07, Bob Paddock wrote:
> >On Monday 12 May 2008 02:19:43 pm Syd H. Levine wrote:
> >> Personally, I would hate to see this list die after so many years.
> >
> >I agree, which is why I asked the question rather than just signing off
> > like I've done to many other lists that have been overcome with spam.
>
> Thanks Bob and the others. I'm still here

Glad to hear.

> shut down the PHPBB after it was inundated with spam

I'm not even sure which one your talking about?

I've always preferred mailing lists rather than forums of anykind.
If I had to check ever forum that I was interested I'd never get
anything done. Much easier to have the email automatically pushed into my
inbox that me going out and pulling it from someplace manually.

> By the way I'm very annoyed by the current 'Powers That Be'
> that rather start foreign wars (US) or support it (NL) instead
> of solving the spam problem.

The Powers are probably profiting by Spam somehow,
on the otherhand they are so out of touch with normal life
they probably don't notice it.

> As regards practical solutions: I have changed the policy
> of membership acquirance to 'approve',

Thank you.

> Perhaps I should delete all the accounts of people who don't
> allow mails from the mailing list?

I assume you mean people that use the web interface?

> PS. Perhaps this mailing list is over it's prime years.

Not at all.

> Some of you mentioned much more lively mailing lists. Please
> send me the details.

Syd was referring to his Wireline list, he can fill everyone in
on the details, that deals mostly with oil well logging. I hang out there
mostly because I live in Oil City and have interests in high temperature
designs. I'm designing fire fighting equipment these days, it has
to run at 500'F for five minutes.



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