[SpamCop-List] Re: The webgizmo is gone!!

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"Miss Betsy" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:bvbidg$fv7$1 at news.spamcop.net...
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> IMHO, .help will not be useful if *both* the web forum and .help are
> available.  Someone has already posted in both.  Since the answer to
> his question was in .help, it isn't on the web forum.  I don't think
> it would hurt to keep .help available as long as there are people who
> use it, but IMHO, it should not be available to newcomers.

  Well, that particular poster has some issues <g>  Even though he'd
already received the same advice several times before, it
wasn't until Mandy Shaw posted the data that he got all
warm and fuzzy ... but I digress <g>

> What I don't understand is why the "why am I blocked" questions and
> "how do I make spamcop work" questions are bunched together.  It must
> be frustrating to both questioners to have to sort through "Would
> send" boilerplates or "It's not spamcop who is blocking you" answers
> to find what *they* want to know.

  Technically, it shouldn't be an issue, As (the debate rages on) there
is in fact a "pinned" and Titled FAQ Topic which stays right at
the top of the list of messages.  Catch is that apparently, these folks
don't know what FAQ stands for (though I can't figure out
why the Bold text "Why am I blocked" doesn't get their
attention either.

  JT stated he wanted to add the FAQ's in as part of the Help
system, but I'd already pointed out that quesitons had been
asked that were explained in some detail under the Help
button, So JeffG tried the "Pinned FAQ" thing, but thus
far, samo, samo ...  think it's the all too typical "my problem
is special" syndrome <g>

> If he could create a web lounge, he certainly could have created one
> more forum.

  Can't defend that conecpt either .. one of my first was to
do a complet4e FAQ Forum, but ... see above

> If I figure out how to register without giving away my email address,
> I might post that in the forum since no one in power will see it here
> probably.

  If it's any help, your e-mail address is required so that
the confirmation sequence can be handled for registration.
When you get in, there is the Personal Data thing, but
there isn't much of a need to fill any of it in, other than
your posting name ....  you can even hit the box to
not let others know you're even in the Forums
(list at bottom shows x Guests, x Members,
x Anonymous on-line ....)