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Re: Activity Report

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From: Nathan Schmidt
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 00:00
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Wayne W. McDougall wrote:
> 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.

Yeah, right.  You tricked that fellow that *tried to apologise* and he seemed
to think that you'd contacted his ISP.  I'd say you tricked him, and that 
makes you a liar.

> 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.

Be a man, Wayne.  If something annoys you, and you feel justified in 
complaining, go ahead.  Do your own dirty work, don't be a dickhead.
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From: Nathan Schmidt <schmidt@civl.canterbury.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: Activity Report
Date: 1997/02/16
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