Date: 1 Jun 2002 13:20:30 GMT From: davehinznopsamcop.net Subject: Re: Feedback needed!
Someone who looks an awful lot like seelifenopsampark wrote: > It's just as far as I know, > the guy only posted once, not repeatly, and not cross-posting. So, your tolerance allows one spam per spammer? > Several of the > 'posters' on this list frequently point to links that have items for sale that may > help the original seeker of answers. But they're not saying "Come to mysaabparts.com and buy my stuff, I sell that", they're saying "I bought some of those from wibble.whatever.com, I've dealt with them in the past and they're good". At least the ones I've seen. Again, a major distinction. >>Looked like a business to me, not some guy selling his own old wheels or >>car. See the distinction? > If you sell something, it's business. Yard sales, drugs, whatever. Get a dictionary > if you need a definitive definition. While you're there, look up "private sale" and how it applies here. > I don't like it either. But Usenet _does_ exist in that format. I will support any > legal or ethical causes to curb, reduce, or eliminate spam, but for right now, it's > totally out of control. Should it be this way? No. Is it happening nonetheless, right > now? Sadly....it is. I hope a solution can be found. I would submit that perhaps rolling over and letting them just do it, is probably an ineffective manner of deterrance? > True. That was nice of you to only bash him publicly. Well, at least he still has an account. >>Thanks for sharing your opinion; I'll give it all the consideration >>it is due. And I mean that. > Wow. That was mean spirited. However, I must have pressed some wrong buttons with you > or otherwise you wouldn't have respond with that remark. Sorry, I had you pegged as a spam-apologist and/or defender, based on what you've written before. If I'm wrong, then I apologize as well. > If for some reason you have a follow up to this post, you will > have the last word. That's not my goal, or my point. Dave Hinz
