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From: Mike Rosenberg on 11 Jun 2010 08:45
William Clark <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote:

> > > Well, they got _you_ to respond by reposting their entire message
> > > including the URL (I edited it out just now), and it was to a post I
> > > never would have seen in the first place since it was blacklisted by my
> > > news host...
> >
> > Yeah. So, thanks, William. I would have missed it otherwise.
>
> Then do something about it instead of being a smartass.

Um, the point is that he and I already use new servers that blacklist a
lot of spam. He and I didn't ever see the post you replied to because
our host took care of it at their end.

YOU allowed a lot of people to see it, and, not only that, you quoted it
in its entirety, along with the full URL.

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From: Jolly Roger on 11 Jun 2010 09:21
In article <1jjwyuo.1gcm0b9y77z0rN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> William Clark <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>
> > > > Well, they got _you_ to respond by reposting their entire message
> > > > including the URL (I edited it out just now), and it was to a post I
> > > > never would have seen in the first place since it was blacklisted by my
> > > > news host...
> > >
> > > Yeah. So, thanks, William. I would have missed it otherwise.
> >
> > Then do something about it instead of being a smartass.
>
> Um, the point is that he and I already use new servers that blacklist a
> lot of spam. He and I didn't ever see the post you replied to because
> our host took care of it at their end.
>
> YOU allowed a lot of people to see it, and, not only that, you quoted it
> in its entirety, along with the full URL.

DOY!

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E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM
filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting
messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google
Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts.

JR
From: Wes Groleau on 11 Jun 2010 12:09
On 06-11-2010 08:45, Mike Rosenberg wrote:
> William Clark<clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>>>> Well, they got _you_ to respond by reposting their entire message
>>>> including the URL (I edited it out just now), and it was to a post I
>>>> never would have seen in the first place since it was blacklisted by my
>>>> news host...
>>>
>>> Yeah. So, thanks, William. I would have missed it otherwise.
>>
>> Then do something about it instead of being a smartass.
>
> Um, the point is that he and I already use new servers that blacklist a
> lot of spam. He and I didn't ever see the post you replied to because
> our host took care of it at their end.
>
> YOU allowed a lot of people to see it, and, not only that, you quoted it
> in its entirety, along with the full URL.

In other words, William, you helped a spammer get past the filters
of hundreds, if not thousands, of people. Ironic, in view of your
munged address, and probably frowned on by Ohio State.

--
Wes Groleau

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From: William Clark on 11 Jun 2010 13:56
In article <hutn4o$mch$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote:

> On 06-11-2010 08:45, Mike Rosenberg wrote:
> > William Clark<clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> >>>> Well, they got _you_ to respond by reposting their entire message
> >>>> including the URL (I edited it out just now), and it was to a post I
> >>>> never would have seen in the first place since it was blacklisted by my
> >>>> news host...
> >>>
> >>> Yeah. So, thanks, William. I would have missed it otherwise.
> >>
> >> Then do something about it instead of being a smartass.
> >
> > Um, the point is that he and I already use new servers that blacklist a
> > lot of spam. He and I didn't ever see the post you replied to because
> > our host took care of it at their end.
> >
> > YOU allowed a lot of people to see it, and, not only that, you quoted it
> > in its entirety, along with the full URL.
>
> In other words, William, you helped a spammer get past the filters
> of hundreds, if not thousands, of people. Ironic, in view of your
> munged address, and probably frowned on by Ohio State.

So again, people that log into comp.sys.mac.apps are stupid enough to
fall for this scam? Then perhaps they should be allowed to bankrupt
themselves - or move to comp.sys.windows.
From: Mike Rosenberg on 11 Jun 2010 17:23
William Clark <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote:

> So again, people that log into comp.sys.mac.apps are stupid enough to
> fall for this scam? Then perhaps they should be allowed to bankrupt
> themselves - or move to comp.sys.windows.

So, again, YOU made it possible for A LOT of people to see the post. WE
are using news servers that filter out such posts at their end. YOU
propgated the spam that WE otherwise wouldn't have seen and, in doing
so, YOU quoted the entire post, including the URL.

THEN, after this has been explained to you several times, you continue
to fail to understand what YOU have down to HELP the spammer get his
message seen. I don't have the slightest idea how large or small a
percentage of people who see such a post in the first place are stupid
enough to fall for it, but you have done your part to increase the
number of people who have seen it, so you're aiding and abetting the
spammer.

Shall we continue to talk about stupidity?

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