On 3/5/2012 11:41 PM, Diana Gale Matthiesen wrote: > I have a member who is being annoyed offlist by another subscriber. I > told her there is nothing we can do about it (he is not mis-behaving > on the list). I was going to suggest she blacklist him in her email > client, but will that have the effect that his list messages will then > bounce back to me, as listadmin? > > Diana Diana: A better idea: have the annoyed subscriber set up a filter in her own e-mail client (*NOT* with her ISP -- on her own computer). Every e-mail client worth using has this capability. Something like "*if* From equals annoying@generic.com *then* move to Trash". Different software will have different ways of doing that. Result: the annoyed person does not see the offender's messages unless she looks in Trash, and RootsWeb does not bounce the purported victim off the list (regardless of how her ISP handles blacklisted messages). Darrell

Good idea. I can do the same, that is, I can blacklist someone at the server level, sending their mail to a /null/ folder, in which case I'm not even aware they've attempted to message me, or I can just "Block" someone in Outlook. I do scan the titles in my Outlook "Junk" folder, before deleting the messages, because occasionally Outlook sends a valid message to the /Junk/ folder. But I only have to read the titles, not the messages. Diana > -----Original Message----- > From: listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:listowners- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Darrell A. Martin > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:15 AM > To: 'Listowners List Posting' > Subject: Re: [LO] blacklisting > > On 3/5/2012 11:41 PM, Diana Gale Matthiesen wrote: > > I have a member who is being annoyed offlist by another > subscriber. I > > told her there is nothing we can do about it (he is not mis- > behaving > > on the list). I was going to suggest she blacklist him in her > email > > client, but will that have the effect that his list messages will > then > > bounce back to me, as listadmin? > > > > Diana > > Diana: > > A better idea: have the annoyed subscriber set up a filter in her > own > e-mail client (*NOT* with her ISP -- on her own computer). Every e- > mail > client worth using has this capability. Something like "*if* From > equals > annoying@generic.com *then* move to Trash". Different software will > have > different ways of doing that. > > Result: the annoyed person does not see the offender's messages > unless > she looks in Trash, and RootsWeb does not bounce the purported > victim > off the list (regardless of how her ISP handles blacklisted > messages). > > Darrell > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I night suggest sending the annoying messages to a separate folder for archiving...in case legal action against the annoyer is ever necessary...for evidence... -Sent via mobile phone with a teeny-tiny keyboard...please forgive any typos... "It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts...it is to teach them to think" - Robert M. Hutchins (1899-1977) -----Original Message----- From: "Diana Gale Matthiesen" <DianaGM@dgmweb.net> Sender: listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 01:56:00 To: 'Listowners List Posting'<listowners@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LO] blacklisting Good idea. I can do the same, that is, I can blacklist someone at the server level, sending their mail to a /null/ folder, in which case I'm not even aware they've attempted to message me, or I can just "Block" someone in Outlook. I do scan the titles in my Outlook "Junk" folder, before deleting the messages, because occasionally Outlook sends a valid message to the /Junk/ folder. But I only have to read the titles, not the messages. Diana > -----Original Message----- > From: listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:listowners- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Darrell A. Martin > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:15 AM > To: 'Listowners List Posting' > Subject: Re: [LO] blacklisting > > On 3/5/2012 11:41 PM, Diana Gale Matthiesen wrote: > > I have a member who is being annoyed offlist by another > subscriber. I > > told her there is nothing we can do about it (he is not mis- > behaving > > on the list). I was going to suggest she blacklist him in her > email > > client, but will that have the effect that his list messages will > then > > bounce back to me, as listadmin? > > > > Diana > > Diana: > > A better idea: have the annoyed subscriber set up a filter in her > own > e-mail client (*NOT* with her ISP -- on her own computer). Every e- > mail > client worth using has this capability. Something like "*if* From > equals > annoying@generic.com *then* move to Trash". Different software will > have > different ways of doing that. > > Result: the annoyed person does not see the offender's messages > unless > she looks in Trash, and RootsWeb does not bounce the purported > victim > off the list (regardless of how her ISP handles blacklisted > messages). > > Darrell > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message