Subscription configuration (was: [NCSG-Discuss] knitters needle)

[Alain Berranger]

Hi Michael,
Yes you are right...this kind of use of the list is a waste of ICANN
resources in general and NCSG list should be kept for ICANN business.
Thanks Brenden for your practical suggestions.
Alain

On Tuesday, July 3, 2012, Brenden Kuerbis wrote:

> Hello Michael,
>
> It is your prerogative to unsubscribe from the NCSG-Discuss list.
> However, may I offer a couple less drastic alternatives?  (These
> suggestions may come in handy for others, so I'm cc'ing the list)
>
> 1. Set your subscription to digest.
>
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> good compromise between reading everything as it is posted and feeling like
> the list is clogging your mailbox with a multitude of individual postings.
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> 2. Set your subscription to index.
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> instructions on how to do that). An index subscription is ideal if you have
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> very short and you do not have to worry about long download times. The
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> 3. Set your subscription to nomail.
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> This option toggles off the receipt of mail from the list.  However, you
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> 4. Configure your own email client to automatically kill/filter mail
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> This option is the most customizable.  E.g., you could filter all mail
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> knitters).
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> If you have further questions, please contact me off list.  All of the
> list options above can be managed by the subscriber in the Subscribers
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> *.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=*NCSG*-DISCUSS  If none of these options
> work, I'm happy to unsubscribe you (or you can do this yourself).
>
> Regards,
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Brenden Kuerbis
> Internet Governance Project
> http://internetgovernance.org
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Michael Carson <mcarson029 at comcast.net<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'mcarson029 at comcast.net');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Whoever is in charge of adding/removing email addresses to this listserv,
>> I am requesting that my email address be removed.
>>
>> This sort of exchange is fruitless, a waste of time and unprofessional.
>>  This is not the first time I have received these types of email exchanges.
>>
>> Again, please remove my email address.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>  Michael Carson
>>
>> YMCA of the USA
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Ginger Paque" <gpaque at GMAIL.COM <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'gpaque at GMAIL.COM');>>
>> *To: *NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU');>
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, July 3, 2012 9:28:38 AM
>> *Subject: *Re: knitters needle
>>
>>
>> I have never had my knitting needles taken from me on a flight. I do use
>> circular needles, to avoid poking my seatmates, but have never had the
>> needles questioned except by other envious knitters who come up to me and
>> say: What??? We can carry our knitting needles on the plane?
>>
>> I think a knit in is a spectacular idea. I will have a project with me in
>> Baku, and can bring extra needles and yarn for those who want to learn to
>> knit :)
>>
>> Cheers, Ginger
>> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
>>
>> VirginiaP at diplomacy.edu <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'VirginiaP at diplomacy.edu');>
>> Diplo Foundation
>> Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme
>> www.diplomacy.edu/ig
>> **
>> **
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3 July 2012 09:48, Andrew A. Adams <aaa at meiji.ac.jp<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'aaa at meiji.ac.jp');>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> William Drake suggested:
>>> > When the IOC folks were speaking in Prague it'd have been great if a
>>> > bunch of people could have pulled out knitting needles…maybe Toronto?
>>> > Some street theatre is always good for a meeting…
>>>
>>> Nice idea. You'd have to find a local supply (or have someone bring hold
>>> baggage to bring in a bunch) though, since AFAIK knitting needles are
>>> amongst
>>> the terrible deadly weapons currently banned from being taken onto
>>> planes in
>>> the war on tourism. ICANN meetings are short enough that lots of
>>> attendees
>>> may well be flying hand luggage only (I know I would be).
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Professor Andrew A Adams                      aaa at meiji.ac.jp<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'aaa at meiji.ac.jp');>
>>> Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration,  and
>>> Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
>>> Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan       http://www.a-cubed.info/
>>>
>>
>>
>

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