The subject matter of ABRF is potentially valuable, but in practice
this group has proven to be little but noise and frustration. I am
writing this instead of simply unsubscribing because there are some
simple solutions.
1) There are too many junk mailings. Solution: Make the list a
moderated list. The moderator should post only mailings that are on
topic. Why should there be any debate on line if the ombudsman made a
booboo or not? Having a moderator would prevent having viruses and
worms like Navidad.exe distributed. Attachments should be forbidden
on the list.
2) There are too many total mailings. Actually item 1 solves most of
this. However, this is the only list I have ever seen that does not
offer a "digested" form. I would prefer getting 1 mailing a day with
10-12 individual questions and responses in it. This also prevents a
lot of repetitive responses.
3) Almost half the traffic I get is Subscribe or Unsubscribe
requests. Haven't you ever heard of automatic listserv managers? Why
should all of us have to get unsubscribe mailings?
Actually, I am beginning to understand the large number of
unsubscribe requests.
Sorry for an off-topic post.
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Dennis J. Templeton, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Director, CWRU Cancer Center
Fax (216) 368-1300 Department of Pathology
Phone (216) 368-1266 Biomedical Research Building, 923
Internet djt2@po.cwru.edu Case Western Reserve University
WWW http://templeton.cwru.edu 10900 Euclid Ave
http://cancer.cwru.edu Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4942
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