Bemusement is often better than amusement .... you're coming through loud and clear. Julie Krueger On 10/1/07, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Andreas sent me a somewhat ambiguous note that could be read as either 1) > he was blocking my notes from his personal computer, 2) he was blocking me > from Lit-Ideas or 3) he was making a joke. In his note to me he said I had > "gone too far," which was an allegation Ann Coulter said that Conservatives > often made against her. And he was responding to my Ann Coulter note as > though my posting of it had gone "too far." I responded to Andreas as > though he were making a joke, but later when I attempted to respond to John > Wager I got the following: > > > > Mail System Error – Returned Mail > > > > This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: > > > > Your message was not delivered because the return address was refused. > > > > The return address was "<lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" > > > > Please reply to Postmaster@<PostmasterDomain> if you feel this message to > be in error. > > > > > > I had no reason to feel the message to be in error. I assumed that > Andreas note must mean that I had been booted out of Lit-Ideas for invoking > Ann Coulter, albeit in a minor way – and primarily because of her collective > term "Liberal." > > > > I therefore said farewell to a few people and shuffled off to Theoria. > > > > But, but, but, said Judy, "The thing is, your reply to John Wager reached > the list -- if this is the one you mean." And then forwarded the very note > that had been returned to me. > > > > Cough, cough, cough. Could that be true? Am I still on Lit-Ideas or > not? I can't really ask Andreas if he has blocked me from his personal > computer; so I shall have to put this to the test. > > > > > > Lawrence, only modestly amused by this whole experience > > >