> Good to hear from you Cloudy, > > Although I hope no misunderstandings have occurred here. No fennidi have > been directly involved in what I was discussing. The letter from Diana in > reply to criticism directed at her appeared on another list. I was not > trying to start a flame just a discussion. > > Well there are not that many Irish lists so since Diana runs the Ireland > list you have all probably guessed that her reply appeared on the Genire > list. I have belonged to the Genuki list now Genire for a long time (every > since Fianna was formed) and actually enjoy it a lot. (sometimes :() > > Actually I think we should all be proud that we have never had an actual > flame on Fianna. Perhaps a very brief misunderstandfing or two. This is a > list where both Northern and Southern Irish researchers work happpily > together etc, etc. (To those of you who are taking VU classes I know that > I promised to get a letter out immediately this morning concerning our > northern and southern Irish research and haven't done done so yet. :):) > And here I am writing this letter instead). > > Although Cloudy I did find your remarks about the big international lists > interesting. I have never actually been on a list that was totally > destroyed by flames, but I have certainly seen some serious problems arise. > Actually some members of the lists I am on became rather obnoxious before > the holidays. Flames etc. including attacks on the hard working > listowners. The listowners displayed a lot more tolerance and patience > than I would have in similar conditions I assure you. > > Usually the Christmas season heralds the appearance of good wishes, ascii > holiday graphics and a general increase in the level of good feeling all > over the internet. > > Well enough of that. I just posted the letter from Diana to see what you > all thought about what it was appropriate to post to lists and as I said > one reason I join lists is to learn about special chat sessions, > interesting URLs and new lists. Actually I was rather hoping that this > list would become a little more active. > > If we run across interesting pieces of information on another list, we > could post to this list. Naturally we won't be posting the few obnoxious > and troublesome remarks that occur on other lists. I also love to hear > about new URLs and special meetings on IRC. > > I promise not to write on the topic of spam anymore. However one more > repetition is in order to those on the list who are new to the internet. > If you respond to incendinery remarks (and sometimes remarks appear on > lists seem actually intended to be inflamatory) you risk prolonging a > "flame" and you might become a target for spammers. Although frankly the > fact idea that "spammers" generate their lists by posting obnoxious letters > to had never occurred to me. > > However, in parting I just checked the Family Chronicles website. I have > been trying to obtain a copy of their Irish research issue. :) > I ordered mine a long time ago (it has long been sold out so don't plan on > acquiring this issue.) The editor has sent this out to me twice (I hate to > keep complaining. I trust him and I belive he is sending the magazine. I > receive my regular subscription like clock work. This has been a real > comedy of errors due to the Canadian postal strike etc. > > Anyway they put selected articles from their magazine on the website. > > I was hoping the article on spam I was referencing was posted there. It > is. Also the Irish research article is archived there too so I actually > got to read it. :) You can enjoy it too! > > http://www.familychronicle.com/ > > Just press on the back issue link and/or go directly to: > > http://www.familychronicle.com/backissu.htm > > The back issues page: > > Digging up Irish Roots was in the Jan/Feb 97 issue and the article on Spam > was in the Nov/Dec 97 issue. > > > BBFN & TTYL > Rig III aka O"Possum