[CRS_META] Large O/T messages fowarded to list

[Tim C.]

Hi all,

Us moderators - the brave, lucky few - have messages sent to
list as described here (off-topic messages that some people forward
to their address books or list of friends):

http://lists.calorierestriction.org/pipermail/crs_meta_lists.calorierestriction.org/2007-June/000170.html
http://lists.calorierestriction.org/pipermail/crs_meta_lists.calorierestriction.org/2007-June/000171.html

The messages vary in size from small to ~10 megabytes.  So I
notified the poster off-list.  If that fails, there is a slightly more
drastic measure that can be taken as described in my message
to Jack.  It would seem we could block all messages from a
poster without having to ban them from the list.

Hopefully it can be fixed by Eileen with a custom list of people
to whom messages should be fowarded.

-Tim C.


my off-list message to Eileen:
> Hi Eileen,
>
> Regarding long messages forwarded to the list (even short ones that
> are not CR in subject matter).  Could you please cease doing this?
> Not all of us are on high-speed connections and these large messages
> can clog up the tubes.
>
> Our list software does not give an option to automatically discard
> messages over a certain size.  If it were that simple, I could just
> add a filter.  As is, our only choice would be to block all of your
> messages even if they related to CR.
>
> Thanks in advance for your cooperation and let me know if you
> have any questions.
>
> -Tim C.


my off-list message to Jack:
> I'll ask her off-list to stop forwarding messages to the CR list.
> It would seem, she sends these to her whole address book.
> This issue has been ongoing since June and I posted on Meta
> about it:
>
> http://lists.calorierestriction.org/pipermail/crs_meta_lists.calorierestriction.org/2007-June/000170.html
> http://lists.calorierestriction.org/pipermail/crs_meta_lists.calorierestriction.org/2007-June/000171.html
>
> I am on dial-up and use a rule to delete any Eileen Simpson
> post over 100kb before it is downloaded.  So I understand
> the frustration.  There may be an option to automatically
> block all of her posts even though she occasional posts
> regarding CR.
>
> -Tim C.