Gardeners list

**Fran f*@juno.com**

Dear Charles,

I apologize once again to you for the behavior of the GWL list 
moderator. You may be pleased to hear that a new moderator has taken 
over. I would like, however, to invite you to join another list that has 
been started, also for garden writers. Please let me know if you are 
interested and I will point you in the right direction.

Fran Gustman
Editor, HortResources Newsletter

Charles W. Bowers wrote:

> To all LIST members,
>
> I sincerely and humbly apologize to you each and every one for any 
> problems or inconvenience cause to you by my mistake of recently 
> sending photos attached to an email that went to the entire list. I 
> simply made a mistake and truly was not aware that the practice was 
> illegal and forbidden. I'm truly sorry for causing you any wasted time 
> or grief.
>
> To Mr. Rombough,
>
> I think you can safely assume that most people never get to the bottom 
> of a typical email and don't read the blue print you have so helpfully 
> provided. So to you I'm very sorry that I failed to follow your rules 
> and to pay attention to your procedures. As for my punishment I will 
> fade away into that good night and will no longer plague your list.
>
> FYI according to http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/features.html , 
> which appears to be the software you are using, you do have many 
> robust functions available for use. My understanding is that the 
> "MIME-based content filtering, with demime/stripmime like options " 
> would allow you to strip attachments which perhaps is a feature worth 
> implementing to everyone's benefit.
>
> Additionally I would humbly recommend, no matter how upset your are, 
> that you try constructive coaching for errors committed by list 
> members. I'm sure the level of technology savvy varies from neophyte 
> to expert amongst list members and some people need help and coaching 
> not shouting in all caps.
>
> To Mr. London,
>
> I am very sorry for the problems that I caused with your system. BTW 
> no one has every called me a moron, a jerk or idiot all at the same 
> time and to my face. Of course I'm quite sure that many of my fifty 
> odd employees have those inner thoughts on many occasions, maybe even 
> daily.
>
> To anyone plagued with SPAM, viruses or other email problems,
>
> You might consider using a program call MailWasherPro available at 
> http://www.firetrust.com/. It is a wonderful program if you need to 
> filter out major SPAM. (If you buy stuff online you will get tons of 
> SPAM and must fight back). The program has many robust features 
> including features like only downloading headers and a few lines of 
> text. It does not download the full email or any attachments and has 
> the added feature of virus protection. After filtering you can 
> automatically send the filtered email to you regular email program. 
> Perhaps others on the list know of similar products that are free or 
> shareware since MailWasherPro cost $37. If you want the latest all 
> inclusive protection I would recommend Norton Internet Security. 
> (Careful they have many products and you have to be specific). 
> http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/ should get you there. It does 
> it all, viruses, firewall, spam, parental and privacy controls. Since 
> we implemented this program last winter for all our business computers 
> our Internet plagues have dropped to zero. With rebates the cost is 
> about $50 and worth every cent.
>
>
> Charles W. Bowers
> President and CEO
> Garden Gate Landscaping, Inc.
> 821 Norwood Road
> Silver Spring, MD 20905
> charlie@gardengate.net
> Office Main Line: 301-924-4131
> Office Direct: 301-924-8652
> Office Fax: 301-570-3212
> Home Office: 410-203-2130
> Home Office Fax: 410-203-0217
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:41 PM
> Subject: [GWL] NO ATTACHMENTS TO THIS LIST
>
>
>> Right now, I'm exceedingly annoyed (to use a polite term) at someone 
>> who sent a monster attachment to this list.  DO NOT SEND PHOTOS TO 
>> THE LIST!!!!
>> If you want to post photos, LOOK AT THE INFORMATION IN THE FOOTERS OF 
>> EVERY POST - THERE IS AN ADDRESS WHERE YOU CAN SEND PHOTOS TO BE 
>> POSTED FOR THE LIST MEMBERS TO VIEW AS THEY WISH.
>> The only reason the sender of the photo hasn't been put on moderation 
>> is that I had to go to my ISP webmail and delete the posting as it 
>> was clogging my inbox and would have taken twenty minutes to 
>> download, so I couldn't get the name of the sender.
>> -Lon Rombough, list founder.
>>
>>
>
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