A few years ago after an intense period of numerous message posts many list
members complained about the volume of messages and the lower quality of the
average message posted to the list.  In considering the various
alternatives, the list owners, Mark, Gregory, and myself decided to return
to the fundamental purpose of the list:  to serve as an online extension of
a visually impaired computer user group.  At a vicug, mutual skill and idea
sharing doesn't continue without end and the organizers work to encourage
and empower everyone in the group to master information technology for their
own independence.  to prevent list members from getting a flood of messages,
only 10 messages are distributed in a given day.  when this limit is
reached, messages are held until they are released by a list owner, usually
the next day.

to encourage diverse participation the two message limit from a specific
list member policy was also put in place at the same time.  it makes sense
in the context of the overall limit of 10 messages a day.  Our experience
has been that many of the high number of messages in a single day from a
single user result from the particular list member sending multiple messages
to the list on the same subject.  often one can fully participate by
consolidating all of one's thoughts in a single message.

We hope this furthers the understanding of what we are trying to achieve
through the vicug process.

Kelly



----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Courcelles" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 8:29 AM
Subject: scanning and message limit


> Hi there:
> I'm forwarding an email that the system didn't let me post yesterday.
> I would like to know why this list doesn't let you post more than 2
messages per day?
> I find it a strange limitation.
> Can we up it to at least 5 or 10 if there is to be a limitation.
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
> Hi George:
> Is there not a current virus checker on the system?
> If not, try installing Avast found at:
> www.avast.com
> it gives you verbal warning when it finds viruses.
> Furthermore, it finds the viruses in emails unlike AVG.
> It's free and it does automatic updates as well.
>
>
> >
> >Subject: Which virus is this?
> >   From: George Cassell <[log in to unmask]>
> >   Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 11:44:56 -0700
> >     To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >About a year or so ago, my computer had gotten infected with a virus that
> >kept shutting the computer down, with some kind of a message saying,
"Your
> >system will be shut down in x number of seconds."
> >
> >I was able to disinfect my system then, but now my girlfriend's system is
> >similarly infected, and I can't remember the name of the virus, to try to
> >find the antidote.
> >
> >Can anyone refresh my memory for me?
> >
> >-- George
> >
> >
> >VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.
> >To join or leave the list, send a message to
> >[log in to unmask]  In the body of the message, simply type
> >"subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations.
> > VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at
> >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html
>
>
> VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.
> To join or leave the list, send a message to
> [log in to unmask]  In the body of the message, simply type
> "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations.
>  VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at
> http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html
>
>


VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.
To join or leave the list, send a message to
[log in to unmask]  In the body of the message, simply type
"subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations.
 VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html