On 16 Mar 2008 22:58:49 -0400 "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
carved the following into the hard stone of rec.arts.sf.fandom
>Douglas Berry <penguin_boy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Please don't reply to spams.
>
>> Because....?
>
>Because most of us don't want to see them.
>
>>> If you must reply to them, at least don't quote them.
>
>>> If you must quote them, at least don't include their URL or other
>>> contact information. If you do, you're just helping to spread the
>>> spam further, bypassing filters that successfully blocked it.
>
>> Right, because seeing my sarcastic comment compells you to click on
>> the link?
>
>And if I forwarded you my email spam, would you be compelled to
>click on the links in it? No? Then you'd have no objection to my
>forwarding some to you? How about if I attach sarcastic comments?
No, I'd just direct all email from you to my Trash folder. If you
persisted, I'd file a complaint about you your ISP.
Of course, Usenet is slightly different from private emails.
--
Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
"Where is the prince who can afford so to cover
his country with troops for its defense, as that
ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might
not,in many places, do an infinite deal of mischief
before a force could be brought together to repel
them?" - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-1784
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