E-mail Abuse

Zeouterlimits

This has got to bloody stop, I am sick of people abusing the mailing lists.

Stephen Ryan wrote:

Next week our reading group will cover Chapter 3 of Marx's Capital (Volume One). We meet next Wednesday (Feb 15) 2-3 in FG028 - POD. The text is covered in conjunction with David Harvey's lecture series 'Reading Capital'.

The text can be found here: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/

David Harvey's lecture series can be found here: http://davidharvey.org/2008/06/marxs-capital-class-01/


The reading group remains open to anyone to join at any stage.

Check us out at limerickmarxistreadinggroup.webs.com

cambridge

I take your point - it's a nuisance getting loads and loads of personally irrelevant emails into your inbox. It takes time to read/delete them and can obscure actually important emails.

However, a lot of students, seem to think their college email address is their actual personal email address that only they should have a right to distribute. This is not the case. The college assigns you an email address to communicate important things with you, but it also communicates less important (and often frankly irrelevant things to you).

Now, in this case, I'm not sure if this was a legitimate use of a college email service. As I understand it, any lecturer (staff) can send a email to undergrad and postgrad students without prior approval. They have default access to entire student email lists, this should be challenged.

however, if you're complaining about writing workshops, c-star workshops, SU emails, christmas lights emails, you're not entitled to do that. Set up a spam filter on your end. it's not your COLLEGE email address not your PERSONAL email address.

TEMPLAR KNIGHT

Zeouterlimits wrote: »

This has got to bloody stop, I am sick of people abusing the mailing lists.

I thought one of my friends signed me up to some marxist group for the laugh ha, untill I saw it was sent to all students bit of a relief ha. Tis a bit annoying in fairness.

Jester252

I was going to sent her an email asking her to stop and why does she not have an email for her group.

Zeouterlimits

cambridge wrote: »

Now, in this case, I'm not sure if this was a legitimate use of a college email service. As I understand it, any lecturer (staff) can send a email to undergrad and postgrad students without prior approval. They have default access to entire student email lists, this should be challenged.

however, if you're complaining about writing workshops, c-star workshops, SU emails, christmas lights emails, you're not entitled to do that. Set up a spam filter on your end. it's not your COLLEGE email address not your PERSONAL email address.

Complaining just about the former. Whatever about traditional student mail, this is just blatant abuse of the system.

Jester252

cambridge wrote: »

however, if you're complaining about writing workshops, c-star workshops, SU emails, christmas lights emails, you're not entitled to do that. Set up a spam filter on your end. it's not your COLLEGE email address not your PERSONAL email address.

I can complain about these stuff if I am getting a email everyday about them most of which are reminders. I can also complain when my email address is sent out to a group of people I dont know! BCC people

wnolan1992

I've no problems with college event related emails. Sure, constant reminders of workshops and such are a tad irritating, but the delete button isn't exactly that hard to click, and oft times I've legitimately forgotten about an email I got the week before so it's nice that if I wanted to go there's a reminder there.

But this shíte? It's the equivalent of each individual society sending us out an email to inform us of their event. If I had wanted to join a "Marxist Reading Group" I would have joined one.

Zeouterlimits

CIAN LANE!

Nockz

The class list IS clearly trying to be 1st Year Games or something. Terrible email either way. I'd have gone for the good ole;

"Testes, testes: One, Two.... Three?"

Jester252

We should all email him back xD

wnolan1992

What a dickhead. Surely we can report this somehow?

Ave Sodalis

I guess somebody just found out how to use email! N'awww how cute

PROGRAM_IX

Zeouterlimits wrote: »

CIAN LANE!

wnolan1992 wrote: »

What a dickhead. Surely we can report this somehow?

He is a nice guy, though. It was just a mistake - plenty of these emails are on purpose.

Regarding OP, that is a step too far. Marxist reading groups? Hells.

Zeouterlimits

PROGRAM_IX wrote: »

He is a nice guy, though. It was just a mistake - plenty of these emails are on purpose.

His e-mail doesn't make it sound like a mistake at all. More like
"I wonder if.."
"There's a chance this may happen, so I should just say ignore this" <

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when warning lights should have gone off.

Pray tell me, what was he trying to do? Because I think it's "odd" that an email sent to Y1 mailing lists was sent to Y4 too (and probably more).

mooonpie

Hit me too. A graduated MEng

wnolan1992

Zeouterlimits wrote: »

His e-mail doesn't make it sound like a mistake at all. More like
"I wonder if.."
"There's a chance this may happen, so I should just say ignore this" <

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when warning lights should have gone off.

Pray tell me, what was he trying to do? Because I think it's "odd" that an email sent to Y1 mailing lists was sent to Y4 too (and probably more).

Y2 checking in. Was clearly not an accident.

PROGRAM_IX

Zeouterlimits wrote: »

His e-mail doesn't make it sound like a mistake at all. More like
"I wonder if.."
"There's a chance this may happen, so I should just say ignore this" <

---

when warning lights should have gone off.

Pray tell me, what was he trying to do? Because I think it's "odd" that an email sent to Y1 mailing lists was sent to Y4 too (and probably more).

<shrug> I'm not gonna speak for him, 'cos I don't know. All I'm saying is that, from my knowledge of him, he's the genuine type who wouldn't set out to annoy like that.

But maybe he would.

In any case, probably wrong of me to be discussing a real person on Boards - it's also a bit off-topic. Apologies.

PROGRAM_IX

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Y2 checking in. Was clearly not an accident.

I'm Y3 and I got it as well. I replied to let him know.

How does that mean it wasn't an accident?

mooonpie

PROGRAM_IX wrote: »

In any case, probably wrong of me to be discussing a real person on Boards - it's also a bit off-topic. Apologies.

"a real person"?!

Don't be telling us lies, we all know the last real person lost his marbles when he was left alone after Skynet sucked the rest of us into the intertubes

thats not gone well

could also be a consequence of "frape-ing"
facebook/email left logged in someone takes advantage.
happend a lad i know last year where a message was posted to sulis/lecturer about ED :rolleyes:

Subject: Erectile disfunction

Hey everybody !
X here, Ie just been very curious with my ody parts these days. I have recently started getting hair on my chest and arms , armpits, but ive had puberty wit over a year though. And Last tuesday night i met a girl who was willing to have sexual intercourse with me, I was more than delighted but just after i put on my mojo condom which i got for free off the student union, my penis went flacid. It was quiet an embarrassment to say the least as the girl who i will leave nameless to pretect the innocent started laughing and my small limp and droopy 2 inch penis.

mooonpie

Yeh, my first thought was the poor lad got 'fraped' (or whatever you kids call the email equivalent of it nowadays)

wnolan1992

Ah for Christ sake lads! This is getting f*cking ridiculous.

Jester252

FFS Gerard

wnolan1992

Seriously, who could I complain to in ITD about this? This Kony shíte is blatant abuse of the system. Did no one give the little firsties the talk about not dicking around with the mailing lists? For fúck sake.

PunkFreud

I had always presumed that group emails were blocked, and you needed authorisation from ITD to use them.
I remember trying to send an email to my class last year (a whole 8 people), but it was returned to me because I didn't "have permission" to use the email.

It's ridiculous that just anybody can send an email to the entire college. GRRRRR

Eire-Dearg

I was so so so so so tempted to 'reply all' and correct his spelling of Kony.

johnryano

seriously is this a recent bug? i was under the impression students can't send email to class lists only staff can.

wnolan1992

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

I was so so so so so tempted to 'reply all' and correct his spelling of Kony.

I have it typed.... but I don't have the courage to hit send...

Eire-Dearg

Haha same!

All I had was "*Kony" but feared the backlash! Apparently some lads don't like a bit of email that they can easily bypass!

wnolan1992

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

Haha same!

All I had was "*Kony" but feared the backlash! Apparently some lads don't like a bit of email that they can easily bypass!

Apparently there's a place on the internet they congregate and bitch about unsolicited mail... :pac:

Morricone

Tried to reply to all but wasn't allowed because I didn't have access to the restrcited address. Obviously coordinated and they used someones email who had access to the addresses. And he couldn't even spell Kony right. What an absolute clown to be honest.

Slugs

I'm assuming these guys are class reps as, from my understanding, they're the only ones with access to class lists. Who will listen to my rant and actually has the power to do something about it because this is complete abuse of the system?

Stuxnet

ITD are the only ones that can stop it, but they are useless and dont want to help students in my experience

PROGRAM_IX

Q: How do you use ICT?

A: I use ICT by not spamming other people's inboxes. -_-

Q: Did it send? LET'S SEND IT AGAIN!

A: <slams laptop>

Stuxnet

PROGRAM_IX wrote: »

Q: How do you use ICT?

A: I use IT by not spamming other people's inboxes. -_-

and bad enough ..the bloody email was sent again 5 minutes after... :mad:

daithi_lacha

Is it a case that it's class rep type people who have access to the e-mail lists?? how else is a first year (I'm assuming from the I.D.) getting access to email all students?

MajesticDonkey

daithi_lacha wrote: »

Is it a case that it's class rep type people who have access to the e-mail lists?? how else is a first year (I'm assuming from the I.D.) getting access to email all students?

As mentioned already, you need permission from ITD to send an email to particular groups.

Cossax

An email went around to staff today about not abusing the email system/mailing lists.

NewShoes

I was outside the SU today and heard a guy say he lost his wallet, but that he would post it on facebook and send out an all student email about it....

OhMSGlive

NewShoes wrote: »

send out an all student email about it....

OhMSGlive

GOD-DAMNIT VIKKIE!

And ITD. To a bigger extent.

Delta Kilo

Not her fault to be fair, she clearly sent it to a specific class list.

Its ITD who are the fuck ups

ohyesthefinest

I have missed important emails in the past due to getting irrelevant drivel and hitting delete too quickly.

wnolan1992

What the fúck like!

johnryano

ohyesthefinest wrote: »

I have missed important emails in the past due to getting irrelevant drivel and hitting delete too quickly.

that's really your own fault.

PunkFreud

Delta Kilo wrote: »

Not her fault to be fair, she clearly sent it to a specific class list.

Its ITD who are the fuck ups

That's a cover up. She put the class list in the To part, and BCC'ed it to everyone.

wnolan1992

Ah for Christ sake lads. *Name removed at poster's request ( - sceptre)* you absolute cocksucker.

Maybe if we spam ITD they might get off their holes and review this access shíte?

Cossax

Another one tonight, student mailing all students (including past ones) about playing GAA in Holland.

CJKeane

Sick and tired of this shíte!

Jester252

Read about it here before I got the email.
I really what to email him back.

CJKeane

Jester252 wrote: »

Read about it here before I got the email.
I really what to email him back.

I already did...:pac::pac::pac: