In article <35587DBE.FF23DA01 at nospamsalk.edu>, forsburg at nospamsalk.edu says...
>>12 May 1998
>>Dear Colleagues:
>The women in biology group has been essentially inactive, presumably
> due to posting problems, for over a month now. I for one miss
>our community very much. The problem appears to correlate
>with the activation of the "antispam" software filter at Bionet. If
>this is indeed the problem (comments, Bionet staffers?), I propose
>that we delete the filter and go either to moderation,
>or simply live with the spam. In any event, if we do not deal with
>this problem, the group will be effectively dead, if it isn't
>already.
>>On the other hand, maybe it's part of a vast conspiracy....;-)
I'm usually just a lurker, but here's my 2 cents' worth. I doubt it's
the filter per se that's reduced this group's activity rate. I think that
when people were having trouble posting, they gave up for a while, and
all we need is some new threads going to draw people back in. Most
people don't start discussions, but are more likely to respond to
someone else's comments.
As I understand it, some of us access this group with a newsreader,
others receive it as a mailing list, right? I guess the mailing list
folks don't get any reminder of this group's existence if no one is
submitting anything. I guess someone just has to get the ball rolling!
- Hannah Dvorak-Carbone
