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Ian Riddler <griffler@es.co.nz> writes:

> Nathan Schmidt wrote:
> > 
> > Wayne W. McDougall wrote:
> 
> > > > You played a clever trick, and some of them fell for it.  Take a bow, W
> > > > you're *so* smart.
> 
> ok, I'm unsure who I'm quoting above.  However, the point is valid. 
> Wayne, you set people up for a fall. Quite deliberately. Not very nice.  
> I don't think you should do that any more.

I'm happy to consider that, provided I get a response to the cases and
the outcomes that I presented for setting reply-to to the postmaster.

Remember, no evidence has been presented that anyone has been tricked, or
any harm has resulted.

The point is not to "trick" people but to ensure that the message gets
through. Some people advocate that I should be contacting the postmasters
in the first instance. I think that is extreme, unjustified and unhelpful.

Here are the cases again, for your convenience (humour removed):

Ok, let's look at possible outcomes:

Person doesn't reply:
=>

Person thanks me for offering guidance (most common outcome)
=>confused postmaster

Person acts for guidance on using usenet
=>postmaster doing what they should have done in the first place

Person sends torrent of abuse and threats
=> postmaster finds out what sort of user they have and can deal with it;
   I don't have to

Person doesn't exist/has invalid address
=> postmaster finds out about forgeries/abuse of their system

Where is the problem?





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