[Dailydrool] Objectionable posts

[Esther Strom]

To elaborate on Pam's post, I used to run into this all the time when I got the 
digest version. You can't get to the parts you want without scrolling through 
the parts you don't. The way I got around it was to change my Drool subscription 
to individual posts, then set up a filter in my email program (I use Yahoo, so I 
set up a folder and a filter; gmail users can set up a tag.) All incoming Drool 
posts go into a specific folder, and when I have a few minutes I go into the 
folder and scan the individual subject lines. If I see something I don't want to 
read, I just delete it without even opening the message. 

To change to individual posts, go 
to http://lists.dailydrool.org/listinfo.cgi/dailydrool-dailydrool.org and enter 
the address you receive the Drool at in the box at the very bottom of the page 
(under Dailydrool Subscribers.) Then click the button labeled "Unsubscribe or 
Edit Options". Enter your password on the next screen (if you don't 
know/remember it, use the Password Reminder button.) Once you're logged in, you 
should see "Dailydrool mailing list membership configuration for <your address>" 
at the top of the page. Scroll down to the subscription options, and check the 
Off radio button under Set Digest Mode. Then click the Submit My Changes button 
at the very bottom.

Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB


----- Original Message ----

> 
> I  really feel for the folks who read through the objectionable post that has  
>raised such a furor on the Drool. But I'd like to remind everyone that when they  
>run into something they know will be disgusting or irritating, they do have the  
>choice not to read it. That's what I did as soon as I saw the direction that  
>post was going in. What I read was bad enough. We can all stop partway through a  
>post and skip to the next one.
> 
> The Drool offers all of us a lot of good  things, but when someone posts 
>something we disagree with or find otherwise  objectionable, no one twists our 
>arms to read it. We don't get brownie points  for reading everything--we get to 
>choose just what we want to read. Sometimes  when we don't have time to read it 
>all, we skip things. We should do the same  when posts start to get nasty like 
>this.
> 
> Next time, please, fellow  Droolers, stop reading before something awful enters 
>your mind and won't be  gotten rid of. I feel for those of you who are in this 
>situation. If it happens  again, just stop reading and move on.
> 
> None of this is to say that I  approve of the post in question. But no one is 
>perfect, not even our wonderful  moderators. I'm glad they are there and catch 
>99.9 percent of the awful stuff.  Thanks, moderators, for the great job you do.
> Pam, food slave to the Dashing  Bassets
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