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Article #3276

Re: Arrrrgh!! JUMBO GOOFED! -- Big Time!!

#3276
From: alanb
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 03:31
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In <4dphk4$49a@news2.aimnet.com>, JNavas@NavasGrp.com (John Navas) writes:
>[Posted to comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer,
>comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.dcom.modems,comp.lang.c,comp.os.os2.apps,
>comp.sys.mac.graphics]
>jumbo@panix.com (Jon Conlon) wrote:
>
>>Sorry -- Sorry -- Sorry!!!  JUMBO (http://www.jumbo.com)  made a really 
>>dumb mistake and consequently about 12,000 of our 64, 000 shareware 
>>programs have been un-downloadable for the last 10 days or so.  We really 
>>feel like jerks.
>
>>It's fixed now -- Please forgive us for the inconvenience.
>
>The best way to feel less like jerks is to stop your inappropriate
>advertising in these newsgroups (as I have asked you a number of times by
>email).  Thanks for your cooperation.

What do you expect from people who use randomly generated garbage
for the poster's name so that mail will fail?

Alan
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Alan J. Brumbaugh      alanb@ais.net
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Subject: Re: Arrrrgh!!  JUMBO GOOFED! -- Big Time!!
Date: 21 Jan 1996 03:31:30 GMT
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