🚀 go-pugleaf

to anyone still paying attention I'm still working out lots of this gear to
expediate getting it outta my apartment. I'll most likely give the CPU's and
monitors (stripped, of course) away locally. It's the goodies that are rare
and somewhat valuable, so i'll adapt and repost accordingly.

jason




"Bao H. Lammy" <BaoLammy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uld5cabpekhi02@corp.supernews.com...
> "non conformist" <no@spam.for.me> wrote
> > >>>imo, he should have mentioned how to make his address work...or,
> > >>>it's possible he set up his newsreader incorrectly, I suppose.
> > >>or mabye people should just familiarize themselves with the technology
> > >>before they start whining about somebody else using it improperly ;)
> > > ;) yeah, but the guy is selling something. It's in *his* best interest
> > > to reduce problems with the transaction.
> > would you go to japan and complain because a classified ad in the local
> > paper was written in kanji? its more beneficial to educate the unknowing
> > rather than to accomodate them. and I would say that by the looks of
> > this thread at least one person has now learned about tricks that avoid
> > spam (to help protect themselves), and how to interact with these tricks
> > in a legitimate manner (to help them communicate with the people who use
> > such "tricks").
>
> It *is* more beneficial to educate. That's what I did. And in this case,
> educating a newbie is the same as accommodating them. (Telling them
> about munging of email addresses.) A helpful note like, "Add .com to
> my address to make it work," is both educational and accommodating.
>
> You first wrote, "or maybe people should just familiarize themselves
> with the technology before they start whining about somebody else
> using it improperly." That did not sound to me like you were in favor
> of educating. Anyway, this thread is over for me. l8r
>
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