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Message no. 1
From: Brian Rogers <rogers@****.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: DEATH FROM ABOVE!
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 14:57:30 -0500
> DEL shadowtk baasen@****.NET
baasen@****.NET has been removed from the SHADOWTK list. Notification has
been sent.
Message no. 2
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: DEATH FROM ABOVE!
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 14:21:51 -0700
On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Brian Rogers wrote:

> > DEL shadowtk baasen@****.NET
> baasen@****.NET has been removed from the SHADOWTK list. Notification has
> been sent.

Three cheers for the list maintenance personnel.

At first, I thought everybody had just gotten really talkative all of a
sudden. After the first 8 reposts, it became all to clear. Would you
believe the doof even replied direct to me using one of the posts I had
sent?

I assume that this was some sort of automated thing? This kind of idiocy
is rather hard to pull off by hand.

--Catch you later

Jeff

PS: To quote one of the old masters:

"To err is human, to really f**k something up requires a computer."
Message no. 3
From: James Paul Morgan <jpmorgan@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: DEATH FROM ABOVE!
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 15:28:22 -0600
On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Jeffrey Mach wrote:

> I assume that this was some sort of automated thing? This kind of idiocy
> is rather hard to pull off by hand.
>

I sent him a letter quoting the section of the FAQ after I got the second
letter from him. He sent me back one in all caps, quoting my whole letter
back, and saying that he couldn't unsubscribe and that it was his son's
fault for signing up. I send him back a reply with suggestions of what to
try when something like that happens (I've gotten subscribed to lists I
didn't intend to be subscribed to and so didn't know how to unsubscribe)
and he just sent me another letter back quoting EVERYTHING and blaming his
son again. (All caps, too.)

I think the sender might just be that ignorant. Dunno. *sigh*



See ya around the Mulberry bush.

--James

:)
Message no. 4
From: Carl J Latoski <garrinthesilent@****.COM>
Subject: Re: DEATH FROM ABOVE!
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 23:29:48 MST
On Fri, 26 Sep 1997 14:21:51 -0700 Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
writes:
>On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Brian Rogers wrote:
>
>> > DEL shadowtk baasen@****.NET
>> baasen@****.NET has been removed from the SHADOWTK list.
>> Notification hasbeen sent.
>
>Three cheers for the list maintenance personnel.

[short snip]

>I assume that this was some sort of automated thing? This kind of
>idiocy is rather hard to pull off by hand.
>
> --Catch you later
>
> Jeff

[snip rather appropriate quote]

Just one small point Jeff... Never underestimate a fool, they are
always so bloody ingenious......

>>>===--->>>===--->>>===--->---+---<---===<<<---===<<<---===<<<
Carl J Latoski |
Garrin The Silent |
The Dragon of ShadowsDeep Reach| garrinthesilent@****.com
>>>===--->>>===--->>>===--->---+---<---===<<<---===<<<---===<<<
Message no. 5
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: DEATH FROM ABOVE!
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 10:57:21 +0100
|[snip rather appropriate quote]
|
|Just one small point Jeff... Never underestimate a fool, they are
|always so bloody ingenious......

Of course.
Why d'you think it's so hard to make something idiot-proof?

--
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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" |
|Andrew Halliwell | |
|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
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Message no. 6
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark@******.NET>
Subject: Re: DEATH FROM ABOVE!
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:40:51 -0400
> At first, I thought everybody had just gotten really talkative all of a
> sudden. After the first 8 reposts, it became all to clear. Would you
> believe the doof even replied direct to me using one of the posts I had
> sent?

I believe it. I got a few myself.

> I assume that this was some sort of automated thing? This kind of idiocy
> is rather hard to pull off by hand.

Nope, he really _is_ that stupid. That was all done manually.
He nearly pushed me to the point that I was going to mailbomb
his machine into the ground.

-Mark

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