Filtering out "spam" (or "nuisance" messages) on Birding-Aus

[Dr Richard Nowotny <>]

My resolve not to get involved in this issue has finally given way! (Mea
culpa!) The following somewhat emotive exposition arises from a steadily
increasing sense of annoyance at what I consider to be unreasonably
self-serving use of this generally excellent forum by some of
us.

Most of us are aware, from both personal experience and the occasional
departing messages of disgruntled ex-users of Birding-Aus, that there are
some of us who insist on using it as our personal and often very
idiosyncratic chat forum - carrying on an insistent, even daily mailing
of stuff which at best is of little or no interest to the vast majority
of readers and at worst borders on near-incomprehensible nonsense. 
I guess on a public forum this is our individual right (even if it
ignores, and even conflicts with, the interests of the majority), and I
assume that some readers find some of these postings interesting and/or
entertaining in an eccentric sort of way.  (It may however be better
if some of us didn't always choose to exercise our individual rights
regardless of other people's interests, but instead showed some
sensitivity to what is after all a collective endeavour.)

However, (as many of course will already know) there is a solution
for those who, like me, find this particular problem annoying,
frustrating, irritating, or just a waste of our time and space. 
Email programs have a "filter" facility which enables users to
filter selected incoming messages (eg from particular authors) and
automatically transfer them to their Trash file, such that they don't
even appear in the In-tray.  Each of us can obviously elect to use
this facility to determine which incoming messages we deem to be
"spam" and avoid having to be bothered by them.  (I assume
that some readers may now choose to do this with any further messages
from me - and this is their right, and is certainly OK by me.)

End of diatribe.  Ahhh - that feels better!!!
Good filtering folks!
Regards
Richard