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April 18th 05, 08:32 PM

In . com writes:

*snip!*

Paul Schleck (the extra who "signs" those welcome
e-mails to new names in the newsgroup) is apparently
long gone on some sabbatical or whatever. He doesn't
answer any e-mails...at least to the web address on
those "canned" welcome messages. ???

I prefer to read widely, but post judiciously, and only when I have
something original to say.

I always respond to replies to my welcome message. In fact, the text of
the message itself invites such replies:

'The author welcomes any and all constructive feedback. Please direct
all such feedback to and retain the original subject
(e.g., " WELCOME to rec.radio.amateur.*") in your reply.'

Just this month, I received and replied to messages from three
correspondents about the welcome message. Most repliers express
confusion over getting the message, as they didn't realize that they
followed up to an article cross-posted to many newsgroups.

I invite anyone who didn't get a reply to try again, and post any bounce
messages received. Failing that, if the reply isn't too personal,
please post it here or on *.misc, and I will try to follow up with a
considered reply.

The last time someone complained about bounces (someone named Andreas
"Tekman"), it was due to a SPAM blacklist filtering out their message at
the ISP level because they were posting from a site identified as a
significant source of SPAM. His degree of good faith and sincerity in
the matter (his followup posts included several schoolyard taunts and a
death threat) was also strongly in question.

Len, if it was you that tried to reply, and didn't get an answer, does
that mean that you now wish to have an E-mail conversion on newsgroup
subjects? Your last message to me, on January 27th, 2004, said in no
uncertain terms that you did not.

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73, Paul W. Schleck, K3FU

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