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In article <slrn94piu2.gk.plew@crane.li-po.edu>, plew@csus.edu (Paul Lew) writes:
>On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 21:55:15 -0800, Derek Balling <dredd@megacity.org> wrote:
>>On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 19:47:26 -0800, 123 wrote
>>(in message <g42o4to09t6m24d3h83lu81cleup2155in@4ax.com>):
>>
>>> On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 03:18:10 GMT, plew@csus.edu (Paul Lew) wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I care and only found out about ORBS recently
>>>> and feel that blocking my legitimate email means ORBS is just hacking
>>>> the Internet to make transactions unreliable.  
>>> 
>>> I care too. And I don't appreciate an organization such as ORBS
>>> deciding for me whether mail addressed to me should or shouldn't
>>> be blocked depending upon from which mail server it emanates.
>>
>>For mail addressed TO you, they have no control over that. You do. As the 
>>receiving system you can opt or not opt to use ORBS to filter your mail.
>>
>>>> ORBS has not publicised
>>>> their intent and purpose widely thru the news media.
>>> 
>>> That's for sure. I have been around computers and the Internet
>>> for a very long time, I read many different computer
>>> publications, and I had never heard of ORBS prior to this thread.
>>
>>There is a cave, and therein reside the last eight people in all of the world 
>>who haven't seen this flamewar rage time and time again. ORBS exists, it 
>>isn't going away, many will use it, many will not. Some will agree with ORBS, 
>>some will disagree, many will not give a shit one way or the other. Nobody's 
>>opinions on this topic are really subject to change, let's all just scan the 
>>deja.com archives, and feel free to re-read the whole war there, where you 
>>can relive it in gory and graphic detail over and over to your heart's 
>>content, but please let's NOT fill this group with the whole sordid saga -- 
>>Again.
>>
>The fallacy is that not everyone who use email follow any newsgroup are
>even aware of deja.com; you seem to think everyone who use computers or
>email know about deja.com and that deja.com stores every msg since "day 1".
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I suppose that all depends upon what you've designated as "day 1".  Usenet 
has been about far longer than deja.com so I'd have to conclude that day 1
is the first day deja.com was placed on line and not the genesis of usenet.

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