What happens when members act inappropriately on aeromed-list?
Very occasionally someone acts in a manner that consistently causes upset or offence to other aeromed-list members. The list owner and list service provider usually respond to this in four stages: A polite email (usually offlist) pointing out the problems being caused and how this can be avoided in the future; A firm email along the same lines (A ‘Dougaling’ in list jargon); Suspension from the list with the ability to rejoin (Also a ‘Dougaling’); Expulsion from the list with removal of the ability to rejoin (A ‘Thorough Dougaling’). Sometimes, usually when the inappropriate posting is thought to result from a virus infection, an address is removed immediately from the list. In this case the list owner will be liaising with the owner of that address behind-the-scenes to accommodate their rejoining as soon as their computer problems have been sorted out.
