Yay, Ken.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 5:10 AM
Subject: Vanagon List Traffic (please help!)

> I hate to be the one to say this (as I will surely be flamed by a thousand
> torches) but we have had a bunch of either goofy, unneccesary, or totally
> off-topic posting as of late.  I know I am not the List Admin but I want
to
> help people on this list with thier VANAGONS.  Off-topic postings are
great
> on Friday and I love them.  Even the occasional posting during the week is
> not bad, but constant posting about racism, etc. gets bad when you have to
> sort through 150 emails a day.
> Also a few listmembers like to get new screen names (like Gordita70 and
> One-Born@Every-Minute.com) and ask goofy questions that are not meant to
be
> serious only stir things up or whatever.  This might be fine on Friday but
do
> we have to have this going on constantly during the week?
> So please if you have a problem with someone in something off-color they
said
> please settle this off-list first.  If they won't respond then go to the
> List-Admin, but threads that go on and on about off-topic stuff is bad for
> the list and drives people who really need help with thier vans, off the
list.
> Finally please stop forwarding Mrs. Smith's 3rd grade class project
(fake),
> the email tax (fake), and other chain mails about sick kids, internet
> snowballs, etc to the List.  These may be new to you but I have seen them
a
> million times before, they are totally off-topic (so if you are going to
> forward them at least wait until Friday) and they not only congest this
list
> but also bog down the internet in general.
> OK, I will now don the plaid, fire retardant, suit fresh from the
cleaners!
> Ken Wilford
> Van-Again
> John 3:16
>