Re: very important, please read
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Sat, 11 Oct 1997 11:31:40 -0600 (MDT)
amen tim--since we've been sensitive to even analyzing stories on this
list, chain letters and non-jds stuff can be pretty vulgar despite the
good intentions in them...will
On Sat, 11 Oct 1997, Tim O'Connor wrote:
> At 08:19 PM 10/10/97 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Hey guys, this is something a friend sent me. I know this doesn't have to
> >do with J.D. but I thought it was important. Please read it.
>
> I don't know how to say this without sounding terribly insensitive, but
> please don't send chain mail to this list. I don't think there are many
> lists that would want it, because it can be tremendously disruptive,
> especially if people who receive it send replies to all recipients, who
> then may send replies to all recipients, and so on until what we have is a
> very big snowball at the bottom of a very steep hill.
>
> I say this realizing that some of us will object to what I say, in the
> interests of being concerned about the victim, if this is a true story.
> (Most are not; most are the electronic equivalent of urban legends.) But
> regardless of that, if anyone here wants to engage in a campaign, the most
> effective way to do it is to deal with individual mail addresses, and not
> by sending copies to mailing lists.
>
> Regards to everyone....
>
> --tim o'connor
>