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as i wrote before that i too am unhappy with the arrangment and did write to the admin, just recieved this reply; no, I won't clutter the list up with that nonsense. Learn to use the mail filter functions in your email client. kim i've written him back that i do not understand how having a subject header adds clutter, for me having a header would help with spam riddance. hmmmmmm ????? -das ubuibi.org Scott Carr wrote: > Yes, it's a sensible request, but the one person who could change a > simple listserv configuration file thinks doing so is unhip and enables > morons. After all, Yahoo does this, and we all know that the unwashed > have ruined the internet by trying to make it too EASY. > > Really it's the only thing I don't like about this list. The signal to > noise ratio is fairly low, people are generally kind and helpful, trolls > are shown the door fairly quickly, and there is lots of information > passed around about all things looping related. > > I know fully well how to use mail filters and do use them for some > purposes, but I prefer for all of my music related e-mail to go to my > inbox. As my account gets more and more spam e-mails that have subject > lines that resemble some of the subject lines for this list it becomes > increasingly difficult to sort out threads. > > So thank you for bringing this up. You shouldn't have to appologize for > revisiting old ground here when it is a persistant problem that annoys > more than a few subscribers. > > Scott > > Paul Marshall wrote: > > > > Hi Loopers > > > > I am regularly unsubscribed by the from the list because I bounce >mails that > > I believe to be spam. I use a prog called Mailwasher. I receive maybe >100 > > spam messages a day and I check them at the server to accept or bounce. > > > > Usually I can tell which are LD posts because it says so in the TO >column. > > However when there is a post where LD is in the CC or one of a list of > > recipients then it displays an unrecognisable e-mail addy and I bounce >it > > believing it to be someone wanting to enlarge my breasts or something >:). > > LOL > > > > I scan my mails carefully before deleting but the volume of traffic, >the > > variety of subject headers and number of subscribers here means that >posts > > can and do get deleted in error. I was unsubscribed again tonight >when I > > bounced the post from Jeff Lomas with the Subject of 'Accidental >performance > > tomorrow' where LD was part of a list of addressees. Mailwasher >showed the > > first addressee only and I bounced it. I don't want to have to open >every > > mail to check obviously. > > > > Ok so I know this is a limitation of Mailwasher but is anyone else >having > > this difficulty. All of the other fora I participate in to varying >degrees > > have some sort of a header to identify [Loopers-delight] kind of >thing. I > > understand that this isn't a yahoo group and different approaches >apply. > > > > Anyone have a workaround or a best way? > > > > I'm still ruminating on the percussionist loopers thread, thanks to >all for > > the replies, I'll post again tomorrow. Love the forum guys. Cheers. > > Thanks Kim > > > > Paul > > ---------------------- > > Paul Marshall > > Portfolio Sound Artist > > http://www.powerhaus.net > > http://www.drumdojo.com > > http://www.differentdrums.co.uk > > NI Facilitator for the Da Capo Foundation > > www.dacapo.co.uk > > **Drumdojo Recommended Reading For April 2003** > > Indigenous Irish Percussion > > http://www.drumdojo.com/world/ireland/ > > -- > >~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% > Visit the the home of Hebephrenic, The Hot Buttered Elves, & Sunshine > > http://www.tapehissrecordings.com > > and our sites at the world's largest online cut-out bin > > http://mp3.com/hotbutteredelves > http://mp3.com/hebephrenica > http://mp3.com/sunshineallthetime > > ....and for a whole new kind of music.... > http://www.tapegerm.com > >~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%