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Article #1120Re: Crapola Deluxe at Verizon
From: Keith A. Glass
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:10
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:10
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 17:45:41 -0400, "John Gilmer" <gilmer@crosslink.net> wrote: > > >> thereby destroying the usefulness of usenet. Nobody in his right >> mind posts with his own naked address any more! >> > >There are two models of usenet: > >The first model is that of a quality newspaper "letters" page in which >people express their thoughts on recent events and other items of interest >and SIGN their REAL names. > >The second model is that of a dirty "restroom" in an X rated theatre. >"People" just write what they please and insult whom they please. > >You obviously prefer the second model! Until a few years ago, I'd agree. But now spambots are harvesting active email addresses from USENET. Don't know about you, but I hate spam: it's theft of services from me and my ISP. . .
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb785,1196dc525a134d2d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,1196dc525a134d2d X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-14 17:10:38 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: salgak@earthling.net (Keith A. Glass) Newsgroups: va.general,dc.general Subject: Re: Crapola Deluxe at Verizon Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:10:33 GMT Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3b79bd97.34205238@news.speakeasy.org> References: <3b784587.37066874@news.bellatlantic.net> <3b784bb2$0$31890@dingus.crosslink.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 23