On Wed, November 5, 2014 16:00, Keith Keller wrote: > > It's also inappropriate (IMO of course) to intentionally circumvent > controls which have been implemented to restrict someone from posting to > the list. If the posting is a pertinent technical question then I submit that it is unethical not to circumvent the restriction. This is a technical forum and if there is no possibility of said posting being off-topic or intended to be unpleasant then it should be seen and answered if at all possible. Banning from a mailing list is just a rather ham-fisted way of saying that the job of moderating an individual disruptive user is deemed too burdensome. And, having moderated lists myself, I can sympathize with that position. But if other, un-banned, list members are willing to judiciously moderate said individual on a case by case basis then I see no difficulty at all. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3