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c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos) writes:

> Which is what I sent; which is what 99% of the people who responded sent.

Good for you.  But you're wrong about the second part - the guy from
Gwinnett mentioned getting copies of the man page for mail, and several
people on this list have explicitly suggested mailing copies of
terminfo.src.  Talk about a waste of resources....

> Usenet has a way with abusers. Most, after seing their name trashed for 
> a while, don't repeat it; many others don't start. Some will continue.

You're missing the point.  Only newcomers will make this kind of mistake.

> In my 10 years on the net, few abusers are relative newcomers. B1FF, 
> Mutlu/Argic/Co., the Abacus guy, etc look seasoned to me. Anyone remember
> the 'what time is it?' flame wars in the mid-80's?

Yes, but this is NOT one of them.  Treat the flamelords any way you want,
but leave the poor newbies alone and they'll turn into good people.  Treating
the newcomers like seasoned assholes is exactly the wrong thing to do.

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