Greetpause seems very ineffective (Was: RE: Increased VolumesOfSpam)

[Steve Campbell]

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 follow an old, outdated mode of email transmission that I personally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
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