From: Paul W. Schleck on Mon,Apr 18 2005 12:32 pm

In .com
writes:


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.

Wise procedure from one who is not quite a moderator here.

However, those replies SEEM to begin as a result of
automatic comparison against a list of those who had
previously been sent such messages. That is based on
my use of the IEEE address instead of the AOL one (AOL
has dropped access to newsgroups) when using Google.

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.'

I have NO problems with that. Please do not assume I do.

Automatically-generated messages are very common on the
Internet.

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.

I am NOT that person, have NO complaints about that in
this thread or any other.

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.

I am NOT interested in discussing any "policy matter" on
amateur radio with anyone who is biased, coarse, cannot
accept any viewpoint different from their own, or who
becomes petulant and abusive when "not accepted," nor
anyone who attempts to command anything when NOT in any
position of authority to force such commands.

If this PUBLIC venue is insufficient to "discuss"
matters about Rec.radio.amateur.policy, then it is
not productive to consider that private correspondence
is also "useful." I've received quite enough of those
in the past. I've received some angry, petulant
responses while engaged in Instant Messaging with my
wife who was visiting up north while our niece was
undergoing a risky corrective operation. I had neglected
to set my AOL blocking controls fully and now have to
allow only certain screen names through. I have
received a couple of telephone messages from irate
individuals. That was during a trip, were duly
recorded along with their desitination number, all
forwarded to telephone company security people and
the LAPD Stalking unit (LAPD does not consider ANY
form of stalking as minor or trivial). Neither do I
live in any form of "fear" of anything...it is tiring
to see so many wanting to "fight" via messages as if
they could "accomplish" anything that way.

27 Jan 04 was nearly 15 months ago. That is VERY late
to assume any sort of "remedial action from authority"
communications. However, anyone is still "free" to
send me any sort of e-mail. I have the perfect
freedom to ignore such or to respond in any way I
choose. I have not sent any messages to you since
27 Jan 04.

If you have ANY complaints about my personal e-mails
then you can either exercise your newsgroup authority
by stating so plainly in private e-mail. That should
be clear enough...