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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Every so often I'll see someone new to the list
respond to a posting by a fellow I blocked several years ago - I can't recall
his name for the moment - and fell as if I should advise them as to the negative
impact his full participation would have on the list. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But one does not want to discourage participation
by newbies and I just ignore. People seem to catch on fairly quickly. (Just
recalled his name and remember a fellow I respect in the industry asking me if I
read his posts. I said no, used to, but now I block him. He said he is amused
and gains some benefit from reading his posts. So Jeffrey, keep up the effort,
some people enjoy your posts.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But for me he doesn't exist. Milton blocked him. I
block him. And others on the list probably block him. He just doesn't exist as a
problem for me. (As I might not exist to others on this list.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If anyone is unfamiliar with how to block someone,
email me privately.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Tom Lowenhaupt</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>P.S. One or two others here are near
extinction, as is the "fix" conversation.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>