in article , Paul Tomblin at
wrote on 7/22/05 7:57 PM:

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?

No, in replying here to the group I also copied several email addresses that
appear to be associated with this nitwit.

You're new around here, aren't you?

Keenan

In a previous article, Keenan & Julie said:
in article , Paul Tomblin at
wrote on 7/22/05 7:57 PM:
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?

No, in replying here to the group I also copied several email addresses that
appear to be associated with this nitwit.

Why didn't you just write to them instead of posting here?

You're new around here, aren't you?

Gee, I've only been running a news server since 1987. Since 1992, I've
had 10,000 users. I've had software patches incorporated into B-News,
INN, trn, cleanfeed, and SpamAssassin. I guess that does make me a
newbie.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Every nonzero finite dimensional inner product space has an orthonormal basis.

It makes sense, when you don't think about it.

in article , Paul Tomblin at
wrote on 7/23/05 7:54 PM:

In a previous article, Keenan & Julie said:
in article , Paul Tomblin at
wrote on 7/22/05 7:57 PM:
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?

No, in replying here to the group I also copied several email addresses that
appear to be associated with this nitwit.

Why didn't you just write to them instead of posting here?

Because it's possible that the idiot might see the response here. And I'd
like to encourage a similar response to these sorts of scum.

You're new around here, aren't you?

Gee, I've only been running a news server since 1987.

Yes, but that hasn't taught you not to be a presumptive and condescending
snark.

Since 1992, I've
had 10,000 users. I've had software patches incorporated into B-News,
INN, trn, cleanfeed, and SpamAssassin. I guess that does make me a
newbie.

That and a nickel earns you .05 of my respect regarding your view of my
decision of how to respond to this issue.

KMAN wrote in
:

in article , Paul Tomblin at
wrote on 7/23/05 7:54 PM:

In a previous article, Keenan & Julie
said:
in article , Paul Tomblin at
wrote on 7/22/05 7:57 PM:
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?

No, in replying here to the group I also copied several email
addresses that appear to be associated with this nitwit.

Why didn't you just write to them instead of posting here?

Because it's possible that the idiot might see the response here. And
I'd like to encourage a similar response to these sorts of scum.

The standard answer that I've is not that the idiot might see a response
here but that other similarly inclined idiots might see it and be less
included to post something similar if they see what kind of response they'll
receive. On the other hand, I think that very few spammers actually read
the forums they are spamming and in many cases are just regurgitating
content provided to them using some sort of spam bot.


You're new around here, aren't you?

Gee, I've only been running a news server since 1987.

I was running one in 1986. I performed the great newsgroup renaming on it
when that occurred.

in article , John Fereira at
wrote on 7/24/05 8:48 AM:

KMAN wrote in
:

in article , Paul Tomblin at
wrote on 7/23/05 7:54 PM:

In a previous article, Keenan & Julie
said:
in article , Paul Tomblin at
wrote on 7/22/05 7:57 PM:
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?

No, in replying here to the group I also copied several email
addresses that appear to be associated with this nitwit.

Why didn't you just write to them instead of posting here?

Because it's possible that the idiot might see the response here. And
I'd like to encourage a similar response to these sorts of scum.

The standard answer that I've is not that the idiot might see a response
here but that other similarly inclined idiots might see it and be less
included to post something similar if they see what kind of response they'll
receive.

Yes, there's that too.

On the other hand, I think that very few spammers actually read
the forums they are spamming and in many cases are just regurgitating
content provided to them using some sort of spam bot.

Yes, could be.

You're new around here, aren't you?

Gee, I've only been running a news server since 1987.

I was running one in 1986. I performed the great newsgroup renaming on it
when that occurred.

I was running one in 1985. I also helped defeat Hitler with my brilliant
modifications of the Enigma.

"KMAN" wrote in message
...
| in article , John Fereira
at
| wrote on 7/24/05 8:48 AM:
--- SNIP ---
|
| I was running one in 1986. I performed the great newsgroup
renaming on it
| when that occurred.
|
| I was running one in 1985. I also helped defeat Hitler with my
brilliant
| modifications of the Enigma.
|
Isn't that sort of like saying "my brilliant modifications to my
company's product caused it to go bankrupt"??

"Mungo Bulge" wrote in message
...

"KMAN" wrote in message
...
| in article , John Fereira
at
| wrote on 7/24/05 8:48 AM:
--- SNIP ---
|
| I was running one in 1986. I performed the great newsgroup
renaming on it
| when that occurred.
|
| I was running one in 1985. I also helped defeat Hitler with my
brilliant
| modifications of the Enigma.
|
Isn't that sort of like saying "my brilliant modifications to my
company's product caused it to go bankrupt"??

No.

In a previous article, John Fereira said:
receive. On the other hand, I think that very few spammers actually read
the forums they are spamming and in many cases are just regurgitating
content provided to them using some sort of spam bot.

When you see the same untargetted ad in every newsgroup you read (and
cancel notifications in the abuse groups), then you know the spammer isn't
reading any of the groups they spam. The ONLY time when it's possibly
worth replying in the group is when the spam is targetted to the group,
and even then it's of doubtful usefulness in making other potential
spammers think twice - because in order to think twice, they'd first have
to think once, and spammers don't.


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Progress (n.): The process through which Usenet has evolved from
smart people in front of dumb terminals to dumb people in front
of smart terminals. --