From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 31 17:01:15 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA23475 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:01:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA23450 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:01:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA15384; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:30:58 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id LAA62276; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:30:56 +1030 (CST) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:30:55 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Eric Hodel Cc: root@isis.dynip.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEATH TO SPAMMERS (Re: Serving spammers right (was: REMOVE MY NAME!)) Message-ID: <19990201113055.D8473@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199901311228.PAA01816@isis.dynip.com> <36B44DBD.A23E932C@seattleu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <36B44DBD.A23E932C@seattleu.edu>; from Eric Hodel on Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 04:34:05AM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, 31 January 1999 at 4:34:05 -0800, Eric Hodel wrote: > Don't you know that it is rather unwise to mail as root? It's difficult to tell, but it appears to be his name. > Could you send a copy of this spam to the list? That may help a great > deal, rather than insulting a list of many, many people. The real problem is that you didn't see what he was talking about. Neither did you: you left people to guess what you're talking about. In fact, he did quote something: > On 31 Jan, Greg Lehey wrote: >> Funny how spammers can't take their own medicine, isn't it? > Death to ALL SPAMMERS. > > (lots of inappropriate threats omitted). I think you're both misunderstanding: root for sending out such a bloodthirsty message, which most people will understand is not intended for them, and you for sending a followup completely devoid of context. Can we now get back to the scheduled topics? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message