<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>It would seem to me that our esteemed WebMaster could filter all e-mail with an anonymous address...I doubt we would miss anything.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/10/01 at 12:22 PM JStan40@AOL.COM wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid">Dear List, After replying a couple of days ago to a posting by Roger Jolly that I thought was particularly praise-worthy, I received this response.  Here is the entire posting, headers included: Subj: prep Date: 2/9/01 5:00:36 PM Central Standard Time From:    anon@anon.com Sender:    nobody@ficus.frogspace.net (Nobody) To:    jstan40@aol.com Hi Stan, I think you might find some pianos at a certain store less than well prepped. *shhhhh* ok? There is a lot of Lip servicing going on. <XMP></XMP> ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <nobody@ficus.frogspace.net> Received: from  rly-ye01.mx.aol.com (rly-ye01.mail.aol.com [172.18.151..198]) by air-ye05.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:00:35 -0500 Received: from  ficus.frogspace.net ([64.6.237.2]) by rly-ye01.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:00:34 -0500 Received: from nobody by ficus.frogspace.net with local (Exim 3.02 #1)     id 14RMWl-0004ow-00     for jstan40@aol.com; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:00:31 -0500 To: jstan40@aol.com From: anon@anon.com Subject: prep Message-Id: <E14RMWl-0004ow-00@ficus.frogspace.net> Sender: Nobody <nobody@ficus.frogspace.net> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:00:31 -0500 What I find particularly disturbing about this response is not necessarily the idea that someone doesn't agree with Roger on what HE says that HE does in his own store, but that the person who wrote the above message did so anonymously, using a web address that guarantees anonymity, and is therefore able to spread whatever brand of poison he/she wants to spread without being accountable for it.  This is unacceptable and cowardly.  There have been many disagreements on this List, heaven knows, but the participants were all willing to identify themselves and put their opinions on the line.  On an open list such as this, that is not only expected, but may be desirable in the long run.  (And yes, I'm well aware of the feelings generated by such...er...discussions!)   I have been mostly a List-lurker for the past three years or more, but chime in occasionally when I believe I have something to offer, or when I feel it necessary to respond to something.  This is one of those occasions--I do not personally know Roger Jolly, but having watched his contributions to this List over a period of time, I have no doubt but what I would LIKE to know Roger Jolly, and I have no reason whatever to doubt him when he says what his store policy is.  As Newton has said upon occasion, "Perfection is a moving target, and one does what one can with what one has available at the time."   I couldn't agree more.....we try, and that is what Roger seems to be doing at all times. So........to the person who sent me this message........if you have something to say, say it.  We don't always agree, we don't always HAVE to agree, but I abhor such behind-the-back, underhanded tactics as this, and I will not suffer it quietly.  If you have an overabundance of vitriol, then find an outlet, but do it honorably, at least.......IDENTIFY YOURSELF and take such slings and arrows as may come your way! Stan Ryberg Barrington IL mailto:jstan40@aol.com </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>