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(...) Wait...no...I take it back -- there is something wrong. I forgot to look in one of the most obvious places. I don't think any mail is going out. Hang on. --Todd (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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[redirecting to .admin.general] (...) That's not too unusual -- email is one of the more unreliable forms of communication on the Internet (if you're looking for quick speed and that), although things almost always get delivered eventually. I just (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) my (...) while (...) Unfortunately, such people are unlikely to take any notice of such conditions. And any legal action against them is probably doomed to failure, and will certainly be expensive. The best two solutions are probably: 1. Never (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) I don't have the data indexed by location, so it would have to scan linearly over all the data. Perhaps in the future. For now, you can get the answer by looking at the "by country" list (everyone on one big page -- give it a while to load)... (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) nobody (...) than (...) Oops..... I'm sorry, I didn't realise people had a major problem with this. I guess that because I'm using a news-reader app instead of the browser, every use of FUT is a broken (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Personally, I would love to see an "ignore user" function. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I have been reading many messages lately about email address being pulled out of newsgroups. I have to kick in my two cents here, because this is driving me nuts. Newsgroup email harvesting has been happening since the creation of newsgroups. You (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) D'oh! I forgot my own footnote. [1] I was there to flame. I enjoy flaming people. I don't think it's a big crime, especially if you keep it to places where it's appropriate, such as alt.usenet.kooks, alt.flame, ne.internet.services (circa (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I have all the time in the world, I've just proven myself to be either too dumb to follow Steve's instructions or incapable of accurately explaining my problems with the process. :( If anyone can figure it out it's Steve. When I finally got to (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) AUK is defintely alt.usenet.kooks. I have spent some time there myself, it is definitely a flame group. The entire purpose of the group is to ridicule, well, "usenet kooks". People that post there generally get there in one of two ways- either (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Heh. My first thought was that it would 'benefit' more males than females. That's defining 'benefit' as 'use the feature'. Steve (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I worked on this a bit last night. The process needs just a bit of additional functionality, and I'll be able to whip through all the desired colors. Steve (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Todd, You are totally right in doing it. You were more than fair giving him a chance to cool off. I do regret you were brought to the point of cutting him off, but it had to be (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Fells like that? whoa... Thank you Todd, I feel like you shouldn't wait this much..:-) I personally believe that if I can't find anything to say for an individual's behavior other than "what kind of an *** **** are you?" (I know much better (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's pretty sick. Is there any way Todd could add a terms of use for the LUGNET website for everyone -- members, non-members who post, and people who neither post nor are members?? That way he could legally forbid email address harvesting (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.admin.terms)
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There's been another case of harvesting... I got an email at work today about an egg farm for sale in Qld region. The seller actually stated where he got my details: lugnet.loc.au.qld.mac [I think that's right.] He said he got it while looking for (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) They haven't been revoked. Only the broken tool itself has been banned, and it applies to anyone that uses it. Benjamin, me, you, anybody, any time of day or night. (...) Did you want to start that row all over again somewhere else? There are (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) AUK = alt.usenet.kooks, in my 'net experience. it's a newsgroup used mostly for flaming/trolling, and it's where people like Matthew end up. some of the regulars there are bad news. (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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