[TowerTalk] geo888@cs.com

[Keith Dutson]

Poppycock.

Why do you use your arrl.net account?  It is nothing more than an alias so
other hams can easily email you if they know your call.  For example, mine
is NM5G at arrl.net.

You don't need to subscribe to a list using this alias.  Instead, sub with
your ISP address.  If you want replies to go to your alias, change the reply
email address in your email client.  For example, if you reply to this post
you will be sending to keith at dutson.net, which is the alias I choose for all
email to me because most folks know my name.  If you change your ISP
resubscribe under your new ISP and unsub the old address.  If this seems
like a big problem, remember it is only for lists, not ALL of your email
friends.

Here are a few of the email addresses I use:
kjdutson at earthlink.net (ISP, use to sub to lists)
keith at dutson.net (preferred alias)
NM5G at arrl.net (ARRL alias)
NM5G at gtdx.com (DX alias)
keith at rel1960.org (high school reunion alias)
webmaster at dutson.net (personal server alias)
webmaster at gtdx.com (DX server alias)
webmaster at rel1960.org (high school reunion server alias)

All of these come to kjdutson at earthlink.net.

Keith NM5G


-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Powell
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 4:01 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 25, Issue 40

>Message: 6
>Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:09:13 -0600
>From: "Mike D." <hrg at cifnet.com>
>Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] geo888 at cs.com
>To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <200501102008.j0AK8cBc040853 at shell.cifnet.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>
>Jim,
>
>Thanks for your note. Yes, you, et al, might "like" using an alias 
>e-mail account, but that is the problem. Your unwillingness to be 
>slightly inconvenienced, when/if you ever change your e-mail provider 
>is probably the same reason [geo888 at cs.com] subscribed using his.
>
>There are probably 700+ subscribers to TowerTalk. The few subscribers 
>using alias accounts are apparently unwilling to be personally 
>inconvenienced, yet are also bothered by NEVER ENDING bounces to every 
>contributor. There is no way to test every subscribed e-mail address. 
>If there were, the MAILMAN software would have removed the offending 
>address a long time ago. It is automatic-I administer seven Ham Radio lists
using this application.
>
>The only practical solution is for the list administrator to 
>unsubscribe every known e-mail forwarding address and restrict future 
>subscriptions from those addresses.

Um Mike...
You DO realize that your solution would completely "zap" *@arrl.net?

Bill - WB1GOT
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