[Groop]Re: Mail sent to Groop

[SheikOfEntropy@aol.com]

Thanks, Josh, I just wanted to understand the jargon, I figured it was 
something like that. 

I guess this qualifies as a Grooism, so I'll summarize what happened and send 
this to the Groop as well. 

I decided to send the same email to everyone in my address book wishing them 
a happy holidays, which was decidedly impersonal of me, and it got bounced 
back to me with a message saying it was being held (automatically) until the 
moderator (Josh) could review its contents, and I guess make sure it's not 
spam. It also said:

>> >The reason it is being held:
>> >    Implicit destination
>> >
>> >Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive
>> >notification of the moderator's decision.

 To which I responded:

>> Okay, I'll bite... what does IMPLICIT DESTINATION mean?

So I got my just desserts for sending out the same rubber stamp holiday 
greeting email to everyone I know!!! 

I thought I was being clever by going with a "bcc" (blind carbon copy); see, 
I hate getting those emails with a huge Who's Who listing of everyone else 
who's getting it, and I have occasionally had strangers contact me for the 
simple reason that we both received the same email from the same source, so I 
thought this would protect the confidentiality of my diverse friends' email 
addresses. 

DID I ERR???

As my friend Arthur used to always say: "What did we learn from this, Larry?"

1. Don't bcc a list (oooh, sounds so TECHNICAL)
2. Send people sincere greetings individually or not at all.
3. Always wear pants while sitting on a metal folding chair.

-Larry Steller AKA The Sheik Of Entropy


In a message dated 1/5/1 11:39:17 AM, josh@newdream.net writes:

>Oh that means your TO: line didn't say groop@groo.com.. a lot of SPAM has
>that. Sorry I didn't get around to looking through the stuff until
>today. I decided to reject it since it's been so long. You could resend
>it to just the groop though and it'll go through automagically...
>
>josh!
>
>On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 SheikOfEntropy@aol.com wrote:
>
>> 
>> In a message dated 12/24/0 4:21:26 PM, groop-admin@groo.com writes:
>> 
>> >Your mail to 'Groop' with the subject:
>> >
>> >    Happy Holidays
>> >
>> >Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval.
>> >
>> >The reason it is being held:
>> >
>> >    Implicit destination
>> >
>> >Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive
>> >notification of the moderator's decision.
>> 
>> Okay, I'll bite... what does IMPLICIT DESTINATION mean?
>> 
>
>
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