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>All I was trying to point out is that there are ways to deal with people like
>Pitchford.  Someone can choose to put him in their kill file.  Its obvious
>Pitchford changes his mask solely to get around kill files and further annoy
>people.  Ultimately, one may be forced into placing a kill filter on all of
>Mindspring to keep from being exposed to Pitchford's babble.  Mindspring should

Why the hell would anyone do that when you can kill his email address?
That's what you should do anyways.  Just kill
"bishp@mindspring.com"...no problem.  He changes his "name" but never
the email address he uses.  

>be interested the abuse of one that effects the use by many.  They would not
>allow Pitchford to effectively cut off all other mindspring customers from
>communication in the news groups.  

Uhhh, what abuse would that be?  He is not abusing the net by ANYone's
definition (maybe crossposting a bit but he never initiates
that...just responds like the rest of us).  Believe me no one is going
to UDP mindspring because of Randy's irritating personality.  I
gueanatee you that. What exactly does he do that "effects the use by
many"?

>As far as "netcop"ing someone, you can't if they haven't broken any terms of
>service with their provider.

In a sense you have a point because if you complained to mindspring
about what Randy is doing they'd laugh at you, but even still it's
pretty juvenile to complain to someone's ISP if you think they're
irritating.  That's netiqette just as not taking USENET debates to
email is. I can't believe I have to explain why netcopping people is
stupid.  

Randy has the right to be a dickhead on USENET just like the rest of
us do.  There is NO basis for a complaint to his ISP!  What would you
tell them anyways???  

You: "Uhh one of your customers, username bishp, is being a jerk in a
NG I read (rec.autos.driving).  I think you should shut him down.
He's really annoying and posts off topic a lot."

Mindspring Tech: "Uhhh...sir?  How long have you been reading USENET?"

Is it not true that WE are posting off topic and in a sense "being
annoying" to Mr. Pitchford right now?  Maybe he should netcop us for
this!  Just grow up, and if he slips out of your killfile IGNORE
HIM...I know it's hard, but if you don't want to listen to him then
don't read his posts!  

>>Your ISP may shut you down for
>>excessive spam, or HARASSMENT...but Randy is guilty of neither of
>>these things.  
>
>Where did that come from?

I'm not sure I understand your confusion here...would it help if I
changed "your" to "one's"?  If that's not it I don't know what the
prob is.

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dco2393@rit.edu  

"Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat, never
drive a car when you're dead"  -Tom Waits

Randy sez...
"These clowns own choice of words
marks them for what they are."
<6muq62$l1o$1@samsara0.mindspring.com>

but I think he's...

"just making shit up"
<6k6t3o$hi$2@camel15.mindspring.com>


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