Sorry, but I must respectfully disagree....I belong to a couple of other email reflectors that had a few bad apples.....continuously causing dissention and problems with inflammatory and derogatory postings.
They were banned from the lists and these lists fluorished from then on.
Banishment from a list does work.
In the meantime, I simply block the offenders in my email system....their postings go directly to my "deleted" file.
73, Joe W2KJ
No.
I am not yet a member of Amsat, but I hope I can comment on this.
While some of the postings of this person have infuriated some on this list, other postings have been reasonable. At any rate, I do not think it makes sense to try and ban someone from the list, because first you *can't* ban someone. No technical means other than a completely vetted admissions system would keep "bad" people out. The other reason to not do this is more subtle but still real-- you create a place that fosters contention, and that draws the very types you're trying to control; a socal negative feedback loop, so to speak.
When someone does things that are inappropriate, *ignore them*. This is the best possible defense. If the jabs that the list member makes fall on deaf ears, the dampening of the problem begins.
--STeve Andre' wb8wsf en82
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