Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:52:36 +0400 From: Yuri Grebenkin <breath@unix.net> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Erroneous delivery of list e-mail (was Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard ) Message-ID: <20070411025236.275f40de.breath@unix.net> In-Reply-To: <461BCB47.4080504@daleco.biz> References: <DB1C681FBA350242795277B4@ganymede.hub.org> <76BA0043-1D47-42FB-AB77-BB6C7A69E792@mac.com> <a00b95de0704100935n65d45e53p1bed61c86cb1d659@mail.gmail.com> <461BCB47.4080504@daleco.biz>
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:37:11 -0500 Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > Steven Johnson wrote: > > Hello, > > I am receiving your email because of a screw-up in Gmail. I have no > > recourse > > but to mark your email as spam and delete it. > > Gmail has been unresponsive in correcting the problem. > > Mr.SDJohnson@Gmail.com > > > > Hi, Steven.... > > It *might* be a screwup in GMail. However, I have circumstantial > evidence that suggests it may be otherwise. I hate to bother you, > but, in the interest of several people who may be affected, could > you send the full source of an e-mail you received from the FreeBSD > list directly to me, and not to the list? Also, if you have some > convincing evidence that it's GMail, are we allowed to know about it? > > I'd like everyone to note that I'm merely curious; this is the > fourth person in 24 hours to say "why in the world am I getting > these e-mails?" or "please unsubscribe me", including 2 G-mail users, > an AIM.com/AOL user, and one who's at/near Abacus America/Aplus in > San Diego. > > I'm copying postmaster@ as well, although I doubt it's his problem, > but maybe a "heads up" would be a Good Thing(tm). My best guess so > far is a messed-up forwarding rule or alias/virtuser somewhere (and > it's a big, big world), or an malicious or incompetent person with > an axe to grind. > > To those of you who are receiving these messages, perhaps Mr. Johnson's > recourse is currently your best option. Also, please note that I am > simply an interested individual, and do not represent the FreeBSD Project, > G-Mail, AOL/AIM, Abacus/A+, the Teamsters/AFL/CIO, CIA/NSA, KGB, Zdnet, > , Yahoo!, Pravda, New York Times, etc., etc. > > Kevin Kinsey Haha! That's funny for sure. :) Supposing there are not too much people who can't unsubscribe silently there must be many more others receiving the list accidentally. On other side, it's not a huge victim "public" because we'd get much more complaints. Anyway, if someone will get some clue, let me know. Yuri Grebenkin
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