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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - SysAdmin - akbeech@sinbad.net /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Sinbad Network Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 3101 Penland Parkway #K-38 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99508-1957 / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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