From: John Varela on
On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:56:40 UTC, William Clark
<clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote:

> 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.

Are you really that stupid?

--
John Varela

From: Wes Groleau on
On 06-11-2010 17:57, John Varela wrote:
> <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.
>
> Are you really that stupid?

Well, if _we_ can't educate him, maybe Ohio State can.

--
Wes Groleau

German Teachers
http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=81
From: William Clark on
In article <1jjxmp0.1fp56ay8thepsN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> 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.

Well, my heart really bleeds for you. Perhaps if all those who see the
spammer's post would get as agitated directly with him as they do on
this ng, his ilk could be driven away.
>
> 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.

One would assume that folk on this ng are the very people smart and
computer savvy enough to know how to put a stop to this low-life's
activities, but it seems that they prefer to whine about their wounded
sensitivities.
>
> Shall we continue to talk about stupidity?

Shall we continue to talk about martyrdom?
From: Warren Oates on
In article <1jjzfyu.136btx61gji16oN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> YOU should complain to the powers that be at Ohio State to do something
> about blacklisting spam.

Must have something to do with the quality of education at those state
colleges ...
--
Very old woody beets will never cook tender.
-- Fannie Farmer
From: Wes Groleau on
On 06-12-2010 19:56, Wader of Doom wrote:
> William Clark<wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote:
>> Shall we continue to talk about martyrdom?
>
> No need, we'll just watch you.

I won't.

--
Wes Groleau

The man who says, "I can do it!" may sometimes fail.
The man who says, "Impossible!" will never succeed.