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MY PRIVATE E MAIL FROM ALAN (fwd)

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From: Pure Silk at the Hotel Californi...
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 00:14
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Here it is... does it look private?
folks this is boring..I left it all intact... you don't have to read it..
I just want to prove alan wrong... he left all the newsgroups listed...so
of course when I replied  it went world-wide..
case closed...


On Mon, 30 Jan 1995, Alan J Holmes wrote:

> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 95 12:46:15 GMT
> From: Alan J Holmes <Alan.Holmes@brunel.ac.uk>
> To: lindaj@cts.com
> Newgroups: uk.singles, alt.pub.coffeehouse.amethyst, ba.singles,
>     dfw.singles, houston.singles, ne.singles, ont.singles, ott.singles,
>     pdx.singles, sdnet.singles, soc.singles
> Subject: Re: Flame Me!!!!!!
>
> In article <Pine.SCO.3.91.950128122521.29774A-100000@crash.cts.com> you write:
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 28 Jan 1995, Dave Berg - The World's Leading Asshole wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 28 JAN 1995 02:28:47 GMT=20
> >> From: Dave Berg - The World's Leading Asshole <dberg@netcom.com>
> >> Newgroups: uk.singles, alt.pub.coffeehouse.amethyst, ba.singles,
> >>     dfw.singles, houston.singles, ne.singles, ont.singles, ott.singles,
> >>     pdx.singles, sdnet.singles, soc.singles
> >> Subject: Re: Flame Me!!!!!!=20
> >>=20
>
> What on earth does =20 mean?
>
> Goto end!
>
> >> In article <3frpnt$eai@majestix.uni-muenster.de>,
> >> J=F6rg Steinhaus <steinhj@comix.uni-muenster.de> wrote:
> >> >Hey Sucker!
> >>=20
> >> >I hate political correctness.
> >>=20
> >> Then don't hang out here.
> >>=20
> >> >Why must everybody be polite?
> >>=20
> >> Because otherwise we might offend someone.  And that would be bad.
> >>=20
> >> >F*CK YOU!
> >>=20
> >> No thanks.  I'm into girlies.
> >> --=20
> >>   The most important guy sits in the biggest chair in front of a big
> >> =09      screen tv and tells everybody what to do.
> >> =09=09=09- Unknown ComCen Comic on How Star Trek=20
> >>                           is like the American Family.
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >GENTLEMEN.. OH please
> >Let us have some respect and decency around here...
> >
> >Lord..forgive them, for they do not know........
>
>
> This is an extract from:-
>
> Article: 1312 of news.announce.newusers
>
> Subject: How to find the right place to post (FAQ)
>
> Date: 8 Jan 1995 11:45:33 -0500
>
> Summary: This article gives some general hints to help you find an
>          appropriate place to post on a given topic, and gives pointers
>          to some available resources.  A few other new-user topics are
>          also addressed, mostly through pointers to other FAQs.
>
> Keywords: newusers help newsgroups resources newbie news
>
> There are thousands of Usenet newsgroups, and it is sometimes difficult
> to find the right newsgroup to ask a question or start a discussion.
> This document gives some general methods of finding the right newsgroup
> or mailing list for a topic.
>
>    Crossposting to multiple newsgroups
>
>
> Very few sites carry all available newsgroups (there are thousands).
> Your local news administrator can help you access newsgroups that are not
> currently available, or explain why certain groups are not available at
> your site.  If your site does not carry the newsgroup(s) where your post
> belongs, do NOT post it in other, inappropriate groups.
>
> Subject: Crossposting to multiple newsgroups
>
> Think very carefully before crossposting to more than one, or perhaps
> two, newsgroups.  It is considered highly inappropriate to broadcast
> your message to a wide selection of newsgroups merely to have more people
> read it.  Note also that many people automatically ignore articles posted
> to more than two or three groups.  Follow the general rules of Netiquette
> (Usenet etiquette) described in the news.announce.newusers postings above.
>
> Often, even when an article is appropriate for multiple newsgroups, it
> is desirable to redirect all followup discussion into one particular
> newsgroup.  You can do this by adding a Followup-To header line that
> lists the single newsgroup where further discussion will go.  (You should
> also mention in the body of the article that you have redirected
> followups to that group, so that people interested in following the
> subject can find it.)  For example:
>
>    Newsgroups:  rec.pets.cats,misc.consumers.house
>    Followup-To: rec.pets.cats
>    Subject: Need product to remove cat odor from carpets
>
>    [Followups redirected to rec.pets.cats]
>
>    Text of article
>
> If you should wish me to draw your attention to specific
> points, do please let me know.
>
> Ta!
>
> Alan
>
>
oh, but I don't......
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From: Pure Silk at the Hotel California <lindaj@cts.com>
Subject: MY PRIVATE E MAIL FROM ALAN (fwd)
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