Re: Would this have chased any of you away...

[Guest guest]

Absolutley not , this is a wonderful sign that there are

checks and balances in place. For me, it makes me feel a more secure

with what is posted.

Warm wishes

Colin

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Glitterari said " Given that the pharma trolls

are trying to infiltrate wherever they can, .......... "

It has become common practice to ask " new members " applying to

forums like ours to provide a brief reference/intro ..... have a NON

web based e-mail account.

This is something that has become necessary.

This is something I now support.

" ........it would be a good idea to try and weed people

out......... "

Often these people are already in certain forums, reading,sleeping,

lurking .........whatever.

Some forums have a facility to record & display I.P. numbers.

" few people in the past with

suspicious motives who wound up on this site ........... "

mmmmmmmmmmm

" dealing with this on several other boards, and

> it gets to be quite scary the lengths people will go to subvert

information .............. "

Reminds me of the e-mail you sent me about posts in the DIT board

saying that J Bryce acted in a predatory manner upon vunerable

people.

This post appeared to have been put there by someone with a name

rather like mine ..........except the spelling was incorrect!!!

It is amazing what people will do to descredit someone.

Likewise when I received a death threat on the internet, placed by

the moderator of a drugUsersgroup ...........such threat has been

successfully traced back to the i.s.p of the issuer .......such

person has yet to fully face the consequences.

There has been a shift in the balances of the pro / anti drug

arguement. There is a real and worrisom risk to groups like ours

from greedy people.

I support moves to make the site more secure.

> In a message dated 3/14/04 9:30:44 AM Mountain Standard Time,

> colinf7@b... writes:

>

>

> >

> > Absolutley not , this is a wonderful sign that there

are

> > checks and balances in place. For me, it makes me feel a more

secure

> > with what is posted.

> >

>

> Sorry for the delay in responding to your idea, but I agree with

everyone

> else who posted thta this would not offend them. Given that the

pharma trolls

> are trying to infiltrate wherever they can, it would be a good

idea to try and

> weed people out. I remember distinctly the few people in the past

with

> suspicious motives who wound up on this site and tried to

discredit or malign you,

> me, and the mission. I'm already dealing with this on several

other boards, and

> it gets to be quite scary the lengths people will go to subvert

information

> about dealing with the aftermath of these drugs.

> Anything you can do to protect the members of this group is a good

idea in my

> mind.

>

>

>

>

> Blind Reason

> a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigue

> Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again.

[Guest guest]

-Not to keep on re same subject, but i agree whole heartedly

it would certainly make a safe place for me. Havnt posted

since Dec when i went into hospital, however i do read. Maybe i will

post more often now, lol. we'll see, keep writing guys it helps.

Take care

Tana

-- In Withdrawal_and_Recovery , " ch_isp_morse "

<cuan.digital.image@n...> wrote:

> Glitterari said " Given that the pharma trolls

> are trying to infiltrate wherever they can, .......... "

>

> It has become common practice to ask " new members " applying to

> forums like ours to provide a brief reference/intro ..... have a

NON

> web based e-mail account.

>

> This is something that has become necessary.

>

> This is something I now support.

>

> " ........it would be a good idea to try and weed people

> out......... "

>

> Often these people are already in certain forums, reading,sleeping,

> lurking .........whatever.

> Some forums have a facility to record & display I.P. numbers.

>

> " few people in the past with

> suspicious motives who wound up on this site ........... "

>

> mmmmmmmmmmm

>

> " dealing with this on several other boards, and

> > it gets to be quite scary the lengths people will go to subvert

> information .............. "

>

> Reminds me of the e-mail you sent me about posts in the DIT board

> saying that J Bryce acted in a predatory manner upon vunerable

> people.

> This post appeared to have been put there by someone with a name

> rather like mine ..........except the spelling was incorrect!!!

>

> It is amazing what people will do to descredit someone.

>

> Likewise when I received a death threat on the internet, placed by

> the moderator of a drugUsersgroup ...........such threat has been

> successfully traced back to the i.s.p of the issuer .......such

> person has yet to fully face the consequences.

>

> There has been a shift in the balances of the pro / anti drug

> arguement. There is a real and worrisom risk to groups like ours

> from greedy people.

>

> I support moves to make the site more secure.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> > In a message dated 3/14/04 9:30:44 AM Mountain Standard Time,

> > colinf7@b... writes:

> >

> >

> > >

> > > Absolutley not , this is a wonderful sign that there

> are

> > > checks and balances in place. For me, it makes me feel a more

> secure

> > > with what is posted.

> > >

> >

> > Sorry for the delay in responding to your idea, but I agree with

> everyone

> > else who posted thta this would not offend them. Given that the

> pharma trolls

> > are trying to infiltrate wherever they can, it would be a good

> idea to try and

> > weed people out. I remember distinctly the few people in the

past

> with

> > suspicious motives who wound up on this site and tried to

> discredit or malign you,

> > me, and the mission. I'm already dealing with this on several

> other boards, and

> > it gets to be quite scary the lengths people will go to subvert

> information

> > about dealing with the aftermath of these drugs.

> > Anything you can do to protect the members of this group is a

good

> idea in my

> > mind.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Blind Reason

> > a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigue

> > Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again.

[Guest guest]

Hi :

With reading what others have said I must agree with everyone. The

group must be kept safe. I think your idea is a good one.

> ...when you first subscribed?

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>

> I'm getting new subscription requests. This is what I sent to

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> them today. Please tell me how much this would put any of you

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>

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> Dear ____________,

>

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> At this time we are not accepting new memberships unless an

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> address other than Yahoo, Hotmail (or another of its sort) can be

given, OR,

> something that proves the identity of the person subscribing. This

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> a link to another group in which they may have been participating

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> name being used to subscribe to this group, a website, etc.

Identities will

> be kept confidential. I will be the only one to see this.

>

>

> We don't want to cut people off from a group they may find

helpful but in

> light of a recent difficulty on the list this seems to be a more

prudent way

> to go.

>

>

> If you are having difficulty meeting this criteria as set above,

please

> explain and we'll see what we can do. My email address is

> ccreel@r...

>

>

> Thank you for your patience and understanding.

>

> Regards,

>

> (Withdrawal & Recovery moderator)