Since it is best practice for mailing lists to only allow posts by subscribed members (opt-in) and also thereby protect them from spammers and spam-bots....it leaves a bad taste in the mouth when allegations about blocking (someone who is not a subscriber) arise. <br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Perhaps one would say sorry for suggesting 'blocking' on this open community list<div>
<div class="h5"><br><br>On Jul 26, 2012, at 8:25, Dr Yassin Mshana <<a href="mailto:ymshana2003@gmail.com" target="_blank">ymshana2003@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div></div><blockquote type="cite">
<div>Hi there,<div>Many thanks..</div><div>Have a good day</div><div>Yassin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 July 2012 22:16, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com" target="_blank">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Dr Yassin Mshana <<a href="mailto:ymshana2003@gmail.com" target="_blank">ymshana2003@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear Moderator for Africann et al,<br>
><br>
> Please see email below and below it the content of the communication in<br>
> question that was not shared by the Group.<br>
><br>
> I do not expect that there is a possibility of 'blocking' any of us in this<br>
> list - or there is?<br>
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</div>Since there is no moderation on this list, the answer is no,<br>
"blocking" is not possible!<br>
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If Sophia wants to post, she MUST subscribe at<br>
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> Please Moderator will you clarify this?<br>
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</div>Again, this is an UN-moderated list.<br>
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