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(...) There is a common thread here though... GDR... Frank (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) check (...) 2 (...) Not to mention being far more caustic than this thread (or at least the 70% or so of it I've read). Frank (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Thus you have the means to prevent them and block addresses. MY point was that with the tiniest, tiniest bit of effort, the inconvenience is gone. It would have taken him far less time to block the address than rant on LUGNET. I can already (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) check (...) 2 (...) (URL) a lot... -Chris (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Not even close... I don't know what the overall record for LUGNET is but check out the Age Limitations thread in org.us.nelug it got about 250 posts in just 2 days back in July. The NELUG thread might not be a record for overall posts but it (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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In lugnet.general, Daniel S. Allen writes: Anyway, I just noticed: This thread (...) Heh, far from it. I ahve seen threads span into the upper reaches of 100. There may have even been a >200 post thread. Think: Age Limitations and NELUG... Greg (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) to (...) Hokay, I have no idea what's going on here, I just know this is one big mess that will probably never get cleaned up. Anyway, I just noticed: This thread has 54 messages in it (55 counting mine). Is that some kind of world record, or (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) OK PEOPLE, I have tried for days to ignore this abuse on both side for the past couple of days. A few have taken this to a level that it should have never reached. A new all time low. PLEASE, PULL UP, STOP, CEASE, LET IT GO. I hate spam as (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I've seen something like this happen about three dozen times on list and newsgroups and such. Prety quickly, I developed the stance of "well, bye." The round of pleading with the person "not to go," "to please stay," "we all long for tidbits (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) You know, even _I_ am tweaked by how inappropriate this note is. Chris (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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Though I can't (nor do I want to) refute your definition of spam, I feel that in this situation -- Lugnet being the 'friendliest place on the web' -- a little patience is in order. Is spam bad? Yes. Are unsolicited phone calls bad? Yes. Am I adamant (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I seem to remember something to that but the "details are fuzzy" so don't remember specifically. (...) I can see that, Auczilla *IS* a opt in list you do have to sign up, the only place I remember seeing the opt out stuff is in the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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Followups set to off-topic.geek (...) OK everything Eric says here is true but I just wanted to referance a book I have on the subject (Yes there is a book on it) Book: Stopping SPAM By Alan Schwartz & Simson Garfinkel Publisher O'Reilly Here is a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Jeremy, While we have had an occasional defferance of opinion, I think you are a valuable member of the community, I hope you don't go, and I hope something does come of this discussion, mainly that we should be responsible with other people's (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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All are brand new in sealed boxes. You can see them all by checking my ebay listings for UserId CHEAPSKATE . <set:1775> Airline Exclusive Jet Liner set <set:7850> Two Copies of 4.5V Lego Train Track <set:8480> Technic Space Shuttle <set:5561> Model (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G1ID2H.I2u@lugnet.com... (...) there's (...) at (...) point it (...) Exactly. (...) more (...) beneath (...) key (...) space (...) A great speech by Larry here - but I just wanna add (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) <snippage> You missed Jeremy's point. (Yes, he was being extreme - but no more so than any number of people that post regularly, and far less than some) UCE is wrong & bad, and all that stuff. People are welcome to make an honest living - they (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I used to know of a couple of online resources, but I don't know offhand where they are or if they still exist, so I'll try to sum up: There are several different kinds of things that fall into the heading of "Spam". One of these things is (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) In my professional opinion, it is definitely Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE), which is definitely SPAM. Before you ask, yes, there was a time when a major ISP payed me to determine things like this. (...) Doesn't matter the source, the fact (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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