No one likes to be told what to do with their computers.
No one likes to be told they must read something.
But their are valid reasons for my insistance.

Why the "Must Read" Policy
When sending mail on AOL, if any address has a problem, such
as "screen name doesn't exist," or "mailbox is full," it bounces
the entire mailing.  All the offending screen names must be
removed before the mail will go out.  "Danny's Daily's" is 
divided into 5 separate mailing lists. That's five separate
mailings for every issue.  Before this policy went into affect,
I was getting my mail bounced five times, every day.  By at least 30
addresses. To correct all of this, takes more time that making
an issue!  It got so bad, I had a choice to make, either do
something about it; or cease publishing altogether.

I opted for the former obviously.  When I went on my tirade
of deleting deleters, I lost 1/3rd of my entire mailing list.
(really) Out of that 1/3rd, only two people wrote me back
asking why.  Now, I grant you, if this was a service you 
actually paid for with your money; I wouldn't care if you read
it or not.  But, you don't pay for it, I do.  Maintaining the
mailing list, requires as much work as the Daily's does itself.
Why should I have to pay my time for bounced mailings,
and dead wood?  This list is too large to put up with the
hassle.  As I speak, just the temporary off list for vacations,
is 75 subscribers.  That means, I have to take them off at
the right date, and anywhere from 1 week, to 1 month,
remember to put them back on.  That alone, is not easy;
but it's a service that's necessary, so I do it.  I haven't even
mentioned the web sites and all that work.  

I do all of this myself.  Me, no staff, just me.

I won't even mention all the problems AOL itself has
caused. (you old timers remember) So that's why I have
the policy.

Now, the list is larger than it ever was, and I might get one
bounced mailing per week; (remember, that's one out of 15 sent
weekly) and it's usually for one full mailbox.  I don't delete a
subscriber for a full mailbox, as long as it happens only once or
twice.  This policy isn't written in stone, but it's close.

Yes, I could use a list server, but they cost even more money
than I'm already spending.  The free one's just plain suck.
And, using them will only send out black and white text,
no pictures, in internet format.  If I had to do that, I'd quit.

I thought you should be told the why, gang.


Also; for those who think I'm narcissistic for the line;
"It's hard to be humble when you're the best."
All I can say, is if you can find anything that even compares
to "Danny's Daily's," I'd love to see it.

I have dedicated categories for the Dailys; Blonde, long, short,
toons, signs, Bad and Ugly, Dumb and Dumber, Religious,
Darwin, Remember, Cheer Up, Useless Crap, and on and on
it goes.  These are all in separate files.  And, I've been doing
this for over four years.  It took four months just to get the
loading times down from 3 minutes, to the 30 seconds you now
enjoy.  I challenge anyone to show me something even close. 
It's not bragging if it's true.

Danny's Daily's Is The Best!  Pure and Simple.  If it wasn't,
I wouldn't be here, and neither would you.  I pack more stuff
in the Dailys per week, than most "so called" joke lists pack in
a year.  Why?  For you silly; so you don't have to subscribe to
15 million e-zines just to get a smile on your face.  I do it for you.
Ok? OK.