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Guest Newbie Coder
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[PLAIN]***[sPAM]***[/PLAIN]

 

***[sPAM]***

 

SPAM MESSAGE REMOVED

 

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Newbie Coder

(It's just a name)

Guest Sid Elbow
Posted

[PLAIN]Re: ***[sPAM]***[/PLAIN]

 

Re: ***[sPAM]***

 

Newbie Coder wrote:

> SPAM MESSAGE REMOVED

 

With all due respect, your responding to these posts may make you feel

better, but it does nothing for anyone else except to further increase

the noise level.

 

It's much better to simply ignore them.

Guest Newbie Coder
Posted

[PLAIN]Re: ***[sPAM]***[/PLAIN]

 

Re: ***[sPAM]***

 

Sid,

 

If you go in the XP.General newsgroup you get many users saing the same.

 

Have you told Pegasus who does the same as I in the newsgroup to do the same?

 

I have reported the messages to Google & Microsoft which may get around to

deleting them

 

I reply to let users know to ignore it & I will continue to do the same

 

--

Newbie Coder

(It's just a name)

 

 

"Sid Elbow" <mevagissey@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:b3bb2$46d4c336$4c0a8021$7060@TEKSAVVY.COM...

> Newbie Coder wrote:

> > SPAM MESSAGE REMOVED

>

> With all due respect, your responding to these posts may make you feel

> better, but it does nothing for anyone else except to further increase

> the noise level.

>

> It's much better to simply ignore them.

Guest Sid Elbow
Posted

[PLAIN]Re: ***[sPAM]***[/PLAIN]

 

Re: ***[sPAM]***

 

Newbie Coder wrote:

> Have you told Pegasus who does the same as I in the newsgroup to do the same?

 

I haven't "told" anyone to do anything ... I merely pointed out the net

effect.

 

> I have reported the messages to Google & Microsoft which may get around to

> deleting them

 

You may get a canned response but not much else. Extremely unlikely that

anyone will get around to (or even bother) locking the barn door after

the horse has bolted by chasing down this stuff. Nor will it make a dent

in future spam postings.

 

> I reply to let users know to ignore it & I will continue to do the same

 

Just how "wet behind the ears" do you think people around here are that

they need you to run interference for them? People can recognise these

postings from a mile away and just don't open them. Continue to "help"

them if you feel some urgent need to but I think the most likely result

is that they will just consider you part of the background-noise problem

and act accordingly.

Guest Newbie Coder
Posted

[PLAIN]Re: ***[sPAM]***[/PLAIN]

 

Re: ***[sPAM]***

 

Sid,

 

Some people download exe or scr attachments & click on them. So, not everyone is

clued up

 

--

Newbie Coder

(It's just a name)

 

 

 

"Sid Elbow" <mevagissey@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:cf0f8$46d5df5b$4c0a8021$27073@TEKSAVVY.COM...

> Newbie Coder wrote:

>

> > Have you told Pegasus who does the same as I in the newsgroup to do the

same?

>

> I haven't "told" anyone to do anything ... I merely pointed out the net

> effect.

>

>

> > I have reported the messages to Google & Microsoft which may get around to

> > deleting them

>

> You may get a canned response but not much else. Extremely unlikely that

> anyone will get around to (or even bother) locking the barn door after

> the horse has bolted by chasing down this stuff. Nor will it make a dent

> in future spam postings.

>

>

> > I reply to let users know to ignore it & I will continue to do the same

>

> Just how "wet behind the ears" do you think people around here are that

> they need you to run interference for them? People can recognise these

> postings from a mile away and just don't open them. Continue to "help"

> them if you feel some urgent need to but I think the most likely result

> is that they will just consider you part of the background-noise problem

> and act accordingly.

Guest Quaestor
Posted

[PLAIN]Re: ***[sPAM]***[/PLAIN]

 

Re: ***[sPAM]***

 

Newbie Coder wrote:

>Sid,

>

>Some people download exe or scr attachments & click on them. So, not everyone is

>clued up

>

>

>

Some people are also so clueless, they top-post, and screw up their

sig-delimiter in usenet posts.

 

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Those who try to hide behind Godwin are the real net-nazis.

Philosophy: Joking about why we cuss so much.

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Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)
Posted

[PLAIN]Re: ***[sPAM]***[/PLAIN]

 

Re: ***[sPAM]***

 

 

"Sid Elbow" <mevagissey@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:b3bb2$46d4c336$4c0a8021$7060@TEKSAVVY.COM...

> Newbie Coder wrote:

>> SPAM MESSAGE REMOVED

>

> With all due respect, your responding to these posts may make you feel

> better, but it does nothing for anyone else except to further increase the

> noise level.

>

> It's much better to simply ignore them.

 

Flagging spam as such has its use in that it defies to

some extent the efforts of the spammer to advertise

his wares. Ask any billboard advertiser how effective

his poster is when defaced.

Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)
Posted

[PLAIN]Re: ***[sPAM]***[/PLAIN]

 

Re: ***[sPAM]***

 

> Have you told Pegasus who does the same as I in the newsgroup to do the

> same?

 

I am no authority on spam, hence there is no point

in mentioning my pen name to support your argument.


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