RE: TI-H: Constant idiotic spam solution
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RE: TI-H: Constant idiotic spam solution
Ha ha ha... The only problem is that you will be one of the poor souls who
will miss all messages from me about a new TI-H dev kit I'm building.
>Back in the good old days, spam was
>
>cat /etc/termcap | write joeuser
>
>and these days, like lots of other things, has a definition that changes
>with the age and experience of the person who says it.
>
>If you're technical, procmail is your friend: the people responsible for
>keeping the spam alive will be filtered (affecting me alone, and the egos
>of the sources of the problem in a slight way) and the problem will just go
>away. I won't even remember the people a week from then.
>
>Please email me (in private only) if you'd like to approach the list
>maintainers as a group and submit a group-authored complaint letter. These
>kinds of list abuse problems are definitely not new. Let's get the
>moderator involved.
>
>Public replies to this message will be deleted unread (even positive ones,
>sorry) so it doesn't make much sense to pretend to address me in a public
>reply. We all know the people responsible for the loss of signal-to-noise
>on this list will be publicly grandstanding in response to this anyway.
>
>--Michael Spencer Jr.
>mspencer@sr.radiks.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Giles Pollock [SMTP:glp71s@mailandnews.com]
>Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 9:29 PM
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject: Re: TI-H: Constant idiotic spam
>
>
>I thought spam was mass unsolicited spam, we are not advertising and it was
>your
>choice to sign up here, anyway, i posted an on topic message and the off
>topic
>ones seem more interesting
>
>Christopher Michaelis wrote:
>
>> I may be forced to unsubscribe from the list just because of all the
>garbage
>> I receive on a daily basis from those of you who can't keep focused on a
>> single topic. Perhaps a moderator would be appropriate?
>>
>> Christopher Michaelis
>> cmichael@xmission.com
>>
>> Programmer, Pretium Corporation
>> t:(435) 787-4100
>> f:(435) 753-5608
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: owner-ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>> > [mailto:owner-ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Judson Porter
>> > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 7:57 PM
>> > To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>> > Subject: Re: *Please* keep religous stuff Off-List! (was: Re: TI-H:
>Bill
>> > Gates is theAnti-christ)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > wasnt the bible written by monks on opium 300 years after jesus lived
>or
>> > something?
>> >
>> >
>> > ----Original Message Follows----
>> > From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
>> > Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>> > To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>> > Subject: Re: *Please* keep religous stuff Off-List! (was: Re: TI-H:
>Bill
>> > Gates is the Anti-christ)
>> > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 17:11:43 -0900
>> > MIME-Version: 1.0
>> > Received: from [195.67.128.23] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id
>> > MHotMailBA3E97890052D82197E3C343801708490; Thu Jan 06 18:16:45 2000
>> > Received: by towerguard.unix.edu.sollentuna.se (Postfix)id
>> > 588AFA4020; Fri,
>> > 07 Jan 2000 03:12:00 +0100 (CET)
>> > Received: by towerguard.unix.edu.sollentuna.se (Postfix, from
>> > userid 507)id
>> > 10EB3A4022; Fri, 07 Jan 2000 03:12:00 +0100 (CET)
>> > >From
>> > owner-ti-hardware-outgoing@towerguard.unix.edu.sollentuna.se Thu Jan 06
>> > 18:27:22 2000
>> > Delivered-To: ti-hardware-outgoing@towerguard.unix.edu.sollentuna.se
>> > Delivered-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>> > Message-Id: <v04020a02b49afad3ee99@[24.237.13.239]>
>> > In-Reply-To: <38754431.B21C1397@mailandnews.com>
>> > References: <200001061504.JAA25062@webmail.netdoor.com>
>> > <3874AF4E.C65E856E@mailandnews.com> <3874B699.37901D78@ubasics.com>
>> > <3874E726.E05C0032@wxs.nl>
>> > Sender: owner-ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>> > Precedence: list
>> > Errors-To: ti-hardware-errors@lists.ticalc.org
>> >
>> >
>> > Check out the definition of religion.
>> >
>> > If you believe in yourself, then you have a form of religion.
>> >
>> > Following a religion isn't reading a book wirtten by people 1k years
>after
>> > the fact, its an idea you think is right.
>> >
>> > Grant
>> >
>> >
>> > >I *HATE* religion!!!!!!!!!! anyway, we needed some off topic messages
>> > >
>> > >HaNi@wxs.nl wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> I couldn't agree more! Please post that kind of messages to a
>> > religious
>> > >>list!
>> > >>
>> > >> "M. Adam Davis" schreef:
>> > >>
>> > >> > I would *really* appreciate it if we could keep the religious
>stuff
>> > off
>> > >> > list. I can understand talking about electronics, linux,
>computers,
>> > >> > calculators and other issues surrounding TI-HARDWARE...
>> > >> >
>> > >> > BUT religous, political, and personal issues have no place
>here.
>> > They
>> > >> > only clog the channel.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Of course, you are free to ignore me and my plea. I imagine most
>> > >> > individuals here understand that this really is the best
>> > thing to do.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > -Adam
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Giles Pollock wrote:
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > i know, i was looking through my 842 messages and saw it... i
>also
>> > >>agree with that
>> > >> > > thing on christ... (how did the wise men come from the east,
>after
>> > >>seeing the star in
>> > >> > > the east?) all directions were east then?
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > David Wilson wrote:
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > > Oh, God no, not again. Billy Gates is not the "Anti-christ"
>for
>> > >>the simple reason
>> > >> > > > that there was no Christ in the first place.
>> > >> > > >
>> > >> > > > -David
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
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