[Ravensfort] just a thought. ..

James Northfolke jamesnorthfolke at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 06:05:22 PST 2009


Here's a good mantra:

Never send anything you wouldn't want the whole world to see.
Humor wanes
Anger decreases
Email lasts forever

j


Hoffpauir, David wrote:
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> The “reply to sender” option was initiated a few years ago on the 
> mail-server as a stop measure against on-list flame wars.  Thought 
> being, if you are going to publically flame someone or do a rant-spew 
> on the list, then you have to “intentionally” do so by changing the 
> reply addy to Raven’s Fort.
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> Prior to that, the personal yeehaws between individuals would go up to 
> the list and mayhem would typically ensue.
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> Now the moderators can say, “look Homeslice, you did that on 
> purpose...spank, spank.”
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> Seems to have worked.  The mouse boppings have slowed to a trickle…
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> Regards,
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> *From:* ravensfort-bounces+env_drh=shsu.edu at lists.ansteorra.org 
> [mailto:ravensfort-bounces+env_drh=shsu.edu at lists.ansteorra.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Alesone Lesley
> *Sent:* Monday, November 16, 2009 2:29 PM
> *To:* mike dowdy
> *Cc:* ravensfort
> *Subject:* Re: [Ravensfort] just a thought. ..
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> Michael,
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> There are several other groups using the Ansteorra mailing lists that 
> have their replies set-up this way. I have found that when using the 
> Ansteorra mailing lists, it is easier to just double-check the header 
> information before I send.
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> The reason groups have things set-up this way is to help prevent foot 
> in mouth (or keyboard in mouth) disease.  I have had no problems using 
> this system.  On the rare ocaision I forget to "reply to all," I just 
> "forward" my previous email to the list.
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> Alesone
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> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 3:48 AM, mike dowdy <mdowdy999 at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:mdowdy999 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
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> folks,
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>  is there any reason why this list is like none like any of the other 
> kingdom lists.. where it instead of going to the list it goes to the 
> person??? why cant it go to the list and not the person.. from 
> personal experance this is crazy. I have done everything from reply to 
> myself to send crap out thiniing it went to the list.. , send stuff to 
> the wrong person...  .. and.. on and on.. (no really it has happend!!! 
> no poo you were there.. not to mention we are the only folks in the 
> SCA and non SCA that I know of that do it this way.... )
> You go to reply to the list.. and get a person, ya think said person 
> went to the list.. common.. every other group goes to the list!!! We 
> all need to be on same page !!!.. ya go to coastal.. ya get coastal.. 
> ya go to any barony or shire .. ya get that addy.. We dont.. I know 
> from personal experance how this can cause personal problems. Is there 
> any reason why we dont do it the way everyone else does other than the 
> arugument if they jumped off a 500' cliff we would?
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> If it works for the rest of the kingdom why the devil did we need to 
> change things up or better yet why did we?.. it darn near kills us 
> near techno stuipid folks.
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> Michael
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> Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the 
> poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. 
> Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the 
> eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal"   Jack Burton
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> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:12:25 -0800
> From: blueingreen at sbcglobal.net <mailto:blueingreen at sbcglobal.net>
> To: ravensfort at ansteorra.org <mailto:ravensfort at ansteorra.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] My thought of the day
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> Goats are perfectly period, and Scots prefer sheep....
> Kitsune running away
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> *From:* Michelle Lopez <ivarra20 at yahoo.com <mailto:ivarra20 at yahoo.com>>
> *To:* Ravensfort <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org 
> <mailto:ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>>
> *Sent:* Fri, November 13, 2009 1:10:46 PM
> *Subject:* [Ravensfort] My thought of the day
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> So can I just say my goat is really a period hound or do I have to be 
> Scottish for that?
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> Irial Mulcahee
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