Jack, well it is getting a little clearer, yet solicitation is a very active verb unsolicited should thus be any communication that was not requested a priory. That means that if my timing device whent off and I had no other means of determining time and thus sent you an e-mail asking you for the time, it would be an infraction on SI rules. It also means that about 10 e-mails per day that I get from various SI users, asking me anywhere from the price of the yen in a month to "how do I convert PSI to mm of mercury" (and I have received both) would be excuses for me to ask Jill to revoke those users privilege, since I presume both would be unsolicited. Only these correspondence off SI between SI users that got their beginning by an act of god (and thus were naturally solicited by both parties) would be acceptable behavior.
I volunteer every day at least an hour in responding to people sending me unsolicited questions. Should I report such "transgressions" to the webmistress. I naturally feel this to be ridiculous, and thus my sending to people which I consider SI interlocutors information about my activities I consider to be well within the realm of the internet etiquette. There are 100,000 users of SI (I am told), I must know from on net dicussions few hundreds of these, and these were the people to whom I have sent this now famous E-Mail.
I have no apologies to make, except the apologu at the end of said e-mail, asking forgivness if indeed the missive was considerds intrusive. Many responded No intrusion whatsoever, yet, thank you for considering me, but no thank you.
I have no problems with abiding with rules and regulations, but these should be promulgated. The term of use contains no discussion of the correct exchange of information between SI members that provide their e-mail addresses on the system.
Zeev |
