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Date:      Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:50:41 -0400
From:      "ro0t" <root@unixhideout.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: I hate to bring it up again (spamming)
Message-ID:  <CFEBLHJHLOMLJJPJBALJCECMCAAA.root@unixhideout.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020625214551.6B6B920E05@yeoman.sinbad.net>

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Beech Rintoul
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 5:46 PM
To: David Kramer; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: I hate to bring it up again (spamming)


On Tuesday 25 June 2002 01:09 pm, David Kramer wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, ro0t wrote:
> > Well like i said, i thought at first it was someone being a real idiot.
> > Which i have no sympathy for. Then the last guy who emailed us
> > enlightened me and made me think further of how he could be the victim
> > also. It makes much sense. Im not attacking anyone. I just was upset
> > because everything that is a good thing nowadays seems to get ruined by
a
> > ten year old with too much time on his hands. Anyhow im done discussing
> > this its bull*hit. Anybody need help on _FreeBSD_ =] And i apologize for
> > jumping the gun, without fully thinking out the situation.
>
> A coupla things.
>
> -You posted easily six or so messages today complaining about the guy.
> How is that helping your fellow FreeBSD user?
>
> -It looks to me like you are taking messages that people have sent you in
> private (based on the header and the lack of the original post showing up
> on the list) and responding on the list, complete with the private mail
> contents.  This is a blatant netiquette violation.  If someone sent you
> something in private, it should stay that way.
>
> -"Never attribute to malice that which can more easily be attributed to
> incompetence" (unknown).  Edwin Renders is clearly a newbie at best, and a
> luser at worst.  Either way, he probably doesn't check his mail more than
> a few times a week.  He could be sipping pina coladas by the poolside
> ignorant that all this is happening because he's got cablemodem or DSL
> access, and his machine is always connected whether he's there or not.
>
> -Even if he was doing it on purpose, responding to someone like that just
> makes them do it more.
>
> As a side comment, even without Edwin, I've never been on a technical list
> that got so much spam.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> DDDD   David Kramer                           http://thekramers.net

Well luser, newbie or just plain stupid, why don't the admins here block his
IP till he gets a clue?

Just my .02

Beech
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Finally someones who's head if i shook i woouldnt hear a marble in a coffee
cup.
This lame discussion would have been overwith two hours ago if people would
find
a solution to the problem in the first place rather then flame the innocent
victims.


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