Good afternoon,
Yesterday someone posed an excellent question to the list
about parcel data availability. Several useful replies came forth.
Several list subscribers did not wish to be receiving the
messages and attempted to leave the list by sending a message to the list
saying ‘please remove me’. When an e-mail is sent to [log in to unmask] it
goes directly to over 400 subscribers. Therefore the remove me messages
caused more list subscribers to want out, triggering more ‘remove me’
messages to everyone, and so the spiral.
If I saw a remove me message from anyone I ‘told’
the server to remove you – that then triggers an email to you only
requiring you to confirm you wish to leave the list by clicking on a link. I
hope that has worked for people.
In effect everyone is yelling BE QUIET at once, causing the
noise level to rise. The answer is to stop sending messages to the entire
list. If you want off, follow the
instructions provided. If you need help, feel free to email me (directly)
and I will initiate a remove request for you (this week only!).
This is not my list – I was merely helping during startup – list ownership
lies with the GeoLibrary Board and list management will reside with MEGUG after
this week. Otherwise it really belongs to all subscribers.
The intent of the listserv is to be a free and open
(unmoderated) exchange of information and Q&A on topics relating to GIS and
spatial data and technologies in
On behalf of the GeoLibrary I am very sorry for the inconvenience
to ALL subscribers for today’s traffic. Please do not let it
discourage you from using the list moving forward. These things tend to
flare up and blow over in a day (please!). Sorry we will have lost some
people from the forum and apologies to them again for the inconvenience –
we all know unwanted e-mail is a big pain. Some of you still on may also wish
to switch to receiving the digest form of emails now instead of all of them real
time.
It’s been a bit like a run on wall street – sell,
sell, sell. It was suggested that we close the markets til it blows over…only
I don’t know how to do that. Maybe now is the time to buy low –
if you know anyone who wants to be ON the list invite them to join…
OK, that’s all from me until the next on-topic
exchange…
Cheers
Mitchell
Geographics, Inc.
Office: 207.879.7769
Fax: 207.221.5861
www.mitchellgeo.com