From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 11 7:48:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail3.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CCC137B416; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 07:48:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from greid.oriel.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.146.151] helo=sobek.lan) by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1) id 16kS1r-0003R6-03; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:48:03 +0000 Received: (from greid@localhost) by sobek.lan (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2BFm3039522; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:48:03 GMT (envelope-from greid@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: sobek.lan: greid set sender to greid@FreeBSD.org using -f Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:48:03 +0000 From: George Reid To: "Gary W. Swearingen" Cc: Greg Lehey , Brett Glass , chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fraud (was: Rejecting spam, accepting valid mail (was: Mail blocked)) Message-ID: <20020311154803.A39237@FreeBSD.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020307094130.01f59240@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020306234510.01ee0180@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020306234510.01ee0180@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020307094130.01f59240@nospam.lariat.org> <3cg03ccef4.03c@localhost.localdomain> <4.3.2.7.2.20020307221616.00cb9980@nospam.lariat.org> <20020308190102.B679@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> <20020311123713.H36158@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from swear@blarg.net on Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 11:11:07PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 11:11:07PM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > I almost forget: Do you know what "c." or "absol." means in your OED > quote above? (My dic. was inadequate again.) "c" is the third letter of the alphabet ("To act with or employ fraud" is the third entry) and "absol." is "absolute": absolute verbs are transitive verbs with implied (but not explicitly stated) objects. -- George C A Reid Tel: (08701) 200870 Ext. 26654 FreeBSD Committer/Developer greid@FreeBSD.org Oriel College, Oxford University george.reid@oriel.ox.ac.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message