Please write me off list with problems such as this.
It should not surprise you to know that I have not memorized everyone
on the list. I can't tell you what to say in the "tell the moderator
about yourself and why you want to join" or I'll just start seeing
spammers pasting whatever I suggest.
But it is fairly simple.
I get them filled in with "interesting", "nice list", "I want to
join", that sort of thing. Just the sorts of things spammers fill in.
How can I tell the difference? Do I have time to check everyone
against the list of subscribers here? No, I don't. I don't get paid
for this. I don't think it is too much to expect of someone joining to
think of something simple to let me know there is a real person who
knows what the list is about, or where they heard about the list, to
distinguish themselves from the generic message a spammer will fill in
that doesn't know nor care what the list is about.
Often Ham operators simply type in their callsign, and I try to
recognize Ham calls, but you must admit it can be difficult to tell
between a callsign and a short string of random numbers and letters,
which is what spammers sometimes fill in because they think anything
typed in the box will do.
That list does send out a couple of automessages. I don't want people
to email me with who they are, I want them to go and change their
request to subscribe. I read my email by date, so I'll come across the
message from yahoogroups and will have already taken action based on
what is in your request to subscribe before I see your email.
I am owner or moderator of 20 groups. I have a very busy life. I try
to do this as smoothly and efficiently as possible. 99.9% have no
problems.
Steve Greenfield
owner Homebrew_PCBs and Inkjet_PCB_Construction
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "johncrad" <John.Craddock@...>
wrote:
>
> Steve,
> You make it hard to get through the door of the new list. Having been
> a member here for a loooong time shouldn't require a book of reasons
> to join the new one.
> Best
> John C
>