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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:11:26 -0000, "David Beaumont"
<david@...> wrote:

>Contrary to Adrian's newsgroup post Drew does have authority and the wording
>on the website covers it exactly - "in the event of 'flaming' (or to prevent
>it)" .

But there hasn't been any flaming.  And I'm afraid "to prevent it"
sounds a bit like the catch-all "national security" excuse used
dubiously by some governments to justify doing whatever they want..

>I do not just download headers and then have to pick which message
>bodies to download later.  Nor do I want to.  

That's your privilege.  But surely that privilege does not extend to
requiring that other subscribers make only postings that you are
interested in.

>Lastly regarding Adrian's suggestion that "the IT Director now contact
>FreeParking directly to resolve this issue.  I don't care whose fault it
>is."  Adrian I think you need to refresh your memory by reading our
>correspondence about freeparking, available at http://dbatime.notlong.com .
>I suggested back on 11th May: "The next step is for you to take it up with
>Freeparking.  If they dispute that they are incorrectly configured let me
>know their detailed response and I will take it up with our suppliers".  I
>sent you all the necessary logs.   I heard nothing further from you until I
>chased you up 5 months later.  Apparently you did take it up with
>Freeparking but didn't bother to send me their response (and still haven't).
>I await it with interest.

I had decided that my being the centre of a three-sided
highly-technical conversation between two organisations each of which
think the other is wrong would be unpleasant and unproductive for me.
I therefore abandoned the issue when the newsgroup started working
again so I didn't have use the list by email.  

I would not have become involved with it again, except that the IT
director emailed me about it, coincident with concerns being expressed
by others about list management, and then posted a description of my
situation which I disagreed with.  However, I still don't want to be
the man-in-the-middle.

I have notified the IT director of a technical problem with the list,
and confirmed that it does exist.  He knows how to get in touch with
the other party concerned (FP).  I am sure it will be more effective
if he and FP communicate directly.  I can't see any reason for me to
be further involved between them, so I intend not to.  

I will await the resolution of the problem with interest.

Adrian

Adrian Stott
Tel. UK (0)7956-299966
or (0)208-123-3557 (Skype)


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