[pct-l] Confused

[Brick Robbins]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 8:21 AM, Ron Graybill <rgraybill44 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does someone "own" the list and get to declare exactly what it's for?

I am one of the "owners."

When you subscribed you should have gotten this that explains what its for.

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The rules of PCT-L are pretty simple.
1 - "Be polite"
2 - "Keep your posts generally ON TOPIC, which means about the PCT"
3 - No "the PCT should be opened to bikes" posts. The PCT is a hiking
and equestrian trail, and should stay that way.

The Admin is pretty lax with the second, not so lax with the first and
absolutely won't tolerate violation of the third. If you don't know
what polite means, you should have paid more attention to you mother.

Reasonable commercial posts are allowed, for example PCT related
services, gear for sale, etc. Just don't repeat them very often.

A few things that may or may not interest you
1 - Spammers have figured out how to sign up for the list, so all new
members are moderated until they have posted at least one PCT related
post. This means if you are new to the list, your first post may take
a while to show up, especially if the admin is out hiking.

2 - If the admin thinks you have broken the rules you will get a
PRIVATE email, and your posts will be moderated for a while. If you
participated in a thread that later became a flame war, you may be
moderated even if you didn't participate; the admin has reasons for
doing this, so don't get pissed off or offended: it's only a mailing
list. All moderation does is slow down the delivery of your message.

3 - The admin's word is final - there is no room for debate. The admin
will never take administrative action in the public forum. If you are
having a flame war with someone else, The admin will only tell YOU
that action he is taking with YOU.  Don't worry about what may be
happening to your opponent. It is none of your business.