On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:57:13 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, "KMAN" said:
Sure thing, you inconsiderate spam-loving slob, this is a newsgroup called

You think the spammers read all the newsgroups they spam? You're new
around here, aren't you?

Surprizingly, some of them do. Usually smaller operators who've heard
that the Web is a good selling place and don't know the difference
between newsgroups and Web sites. The big time operators don't, of
course. No reason to. And most of the SPAM is generated by the big
timers or their sock puppets.

The little guys often come back to argue once they've been flamed.
Some of them understand about newsgroups after a while and even become
contributors to the groups. Some of them just have to be flamed and
flamed until they give up or lose their ISP a time or two.

Cyli
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Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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