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Sean CThere is a very easy way to deal with this, Leon. Bruce is attacking members of the message board that YOU moderate over comments they made on YOUR message board that he may happen not to agree with. I agree that emails should not be posted on the boards either, but when you have 1 board member (no matter how many personalities may be rattling around in that royal "we" head of his) sending unsolicited attack emails to members of YOUR message board, YOU need to take action.
Think of it this way: what would you do if some board member were sending unsolicited auction spam emails to your board members? Would you ban them from the site? If so, what make unsolicited, hate-filled emails more acceptable than auction spam?
I am a moderator over another hobby message board, and we have to deal with garbage like this at least 5 times a day. Stop abdicating responsibility for the situation, and handle it like a responsible forum owner.
For anyone that receives unsolicited emails from Bruce, forward the email (with internet headers) to his ISP. (abuse@aol.com, abuse@yahoo.com, etc.). They receive enough complaints, they'll take action.
Leon' post:
I wish September 24 2007, 4:50 PM
I wish there was an easy answer to this issue. There isn't. If I ban Bruce for private emails sent then I get to go down that road with the precedent. So far I have spoken to numerous folks on the phone today (you know who you are) and so far it's unanimous that private emails shouldn't be allowed on the board. Unless it was overwhelmingly the other way I don't see a change happening. I think these emails Bruce sends are despicable and should be stopped. At the end of the day (I sort of hate that phrase) they are private and should be kept that way. The debate is still open. Also, please look at how many folks have said they think private emails SHOULD be allowed to be posted. With everything said, and those facts, what would you do if you ran the board? Everyone knows the inmates run the asylum around here....best regards
edited to say....yes, there are other posters that have had this issue in the past...Bruce isn't the first. So do I go back and ban them too? It's very difficult......