Greetpause seems very ineffective (Was: RE: Increased
VolumesOfSpam)
Steve Campbell
campbell at cnpapers.com
Mon Jan 22 22:59:36 CET 2007
Doesn't anyone have any SA rules for top-posting, or bottom-posting? I hate
to have to start BLing people manually, cause I think it causes swapping.
Steve Campbell
campbell at cnpapers.com
Charleston Newspapers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew Burchett" <DrewB at united-systems.com>
To: "MailScanner discussion" <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 4:40 PM
Subject: RE: Greetpause seems very ineffective (Was: RE: Increased
VolumesOfSpam)
> Wow. Now I've seen it all. Blacklisting someone because they refuse to
> follow an old, outdated mode of email transmission that I personally
> find hard to follow. Get with the program and stop whining about how
> someone replies.
>
> Drew Burchett
> United Systems & Software
> Ph: (270)527-3293
> Fax: (270)527-3132
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Gerard
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:34 PM
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Subject: Re: Greetpause seems very ineffective (Was: RE: Increased
> VolumesOf Spam)
>
> On Monday January 22, 2007 at 04:16:07 (PM) Randal, Phil wrote:
>
>> Yes, it is!!!
>>
>> In fact, I so detest the "bottom post only" Nazis that you're having
> the
>> opposite effect to that which you intend.
>
> [snip]
>
> I rarely reply to top posters. In this particular case, I had assumed
> that you lacked the knowledge of how to implement placing the cursor at
> the bottom of a reply automatically while using MS Outlook. Instead, I
> find that you are simply adamantine in your refusal to embrace bottom
> or inline posting.
>
> Therefore, I have placed you on my BL to suppress having to hear any
> further rants and or Nazis insults.
>
> By the way, you are familiar with Godwins's law, I presume. You have
> provided an excellent example of it.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
>
> --
> Gerard
>
> http://www.river.com/users/share/etiquette/
> http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost
> http://www.river.com/users/share/etiquette/trumpetpower-netiquette.html
> http://www.neverending.org/~ftobin/resources/formatting_email_replies/
> http://www.reedmedia.net/misc/mail/using-mailing-list.html
> http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12348&topic=250
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
> --
> MailScanner mailing list
> mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> http://lists.mailscanner.info/mailman/listinfo/mailscanner
>
> Before posting, read http://wiki.mailscanner.info/posting
>
> Support MailScanner development - buy the book off the website!
>
> --
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is
> for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential
> and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or
> distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please
> contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original
> message.
>
> --
> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by
> MailScanner and is believed to be clean.
>
> --
> MailScanner mailing list
> mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> http://lists.mailscanner.info/mailman/listinfo/mailscanner
>
> Before posting, read http://wiki.mailscanner.info/posting
>
> Support MailScanner development - buy the book off the website!
>
More information about the MailScanner
mailing list