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Re: the futures guy

#402
From: Carey Barnett
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 00:00
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Dear Mr. Futures Guy,

I agree with Beer Gut.

You've made numerous false assumptions, as evidenced by your postings.  On
the other hand, I think you're on the right track, and if you take a lesson
here you'll be well served.  If you just get mad, you'll prove Ol' Beergut
right.

beergut <beergut@ilos.net> wrote in article <33BC826F.4D89@ilos.net>...
> wtitten by the futuresguy@geocities.com:
> 
> i assume by 'avalanche' you mean mailbombing. this threat has been duly
> noted.  you accuse me of spamming the wpg.general ng. i disagree, for
> the following reasons:
> a) i trade the winnipeg commodity exchange on a regular basis
> b) i have clients in winnipeg who are interested in what i have to post
>    in that particular ng
> c) wpg.  is relevant to commodity trading and related subjects, esp.
> agriculture
> d) .general - by definition - means many varied subjects
> e) mailbombing is an abuse of netiquette and of an internet provider's
> services. i wouldn't recommend it. ilos and geocities have also received
> copies of this email, for future reference.
> 
> if you wish to get into a debate with me, smarten up, improve your
> grammar, then come back and try again.
> 
> 
> Dear Mr.Hill
> 
> 
> Well here I am smartening up! You assume by avalanche I meant e-mail
> bombing. You have assumed wrong! I was refering to the avalanche of
> complaints you will be getting if you continue to spam certain .gen
> groups. 
> 
> I suggest to you that your customers would be better served if you
> actually spent time working for them. A quick check in dejanews reveals
> that you post on average 3-4 times a day. Do you consider your 
> customers so illerate as they need to read your advertizing (I call it
> spam) 3-4 times daily? I also am wondering why, living in Calgary, that
> you do not include them in your SERVICE!! Fear not, I have included them
> here, as I am sure it was just an oversite. You say you have clients
> here, well I doubt it but maybe you can get 1 or 10 to post a reply to
> this thread. To me sir, you are advertizing for customers, which does
> not belong in a .gen group as you full well know. I have included all
> the other ng's that you post to in the header, so you know where to
> post. I can only conclude from this that you are advertizing ( or
> spamming). Please feel free to correct my grammer as you see fit, and
> you can smarten me up at your leisure.
> 
> ps. I have left out your place of employment on purpose, as I do not
> wish to cause you personal harm, or your employer. My sole purpose is to
> direct you to the proper groups to post, ahhhh  but that you already
> know, don't you.
> 
> regards beergut
> 
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From: "Carey Barnett" <cbarnett@idirect.com>
Subject: Re: the futures guy
Date: 1997/07/05
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