Sorry to hassle the list with this but I'm getting irregular spam from this asshole, clearly triggered by comp.lang.python posts being resent to the python-list. I've contacted Yahoo abuse -and- the list administrators but its still occurring.
Is anyone able to remove this guy from the list? I've asked him to stop but he rather abusively replied saying that he wasn't doing anything wrong. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephen Meredith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:08 AM Subject: Re: Checking a string against multiple matches To: alex23 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> THE 10 DOLLAR PAYPAL MONEY MAKING METHOD As On 20/20 - TURN 10$ into a good chunk of change in a short time Earn money using PAYPAL as seen on Oprah & 20/20 THE PAYPAL 6 DOLLAR MONEY-MAKING METHOD AS SEEN ON OPRAH EARN HUGE $$$$$$$$ all you need is: 1) An email address 2) A PayPal account 3) $10.00 I have participated in sending $1 dollar to six people, and have not made as much money as with $5 dollars to 2 people. For and extra 4 dollars you will bring in much more money then the dollar method. THIS IS A October 2008 , CURRENT EMAIL LIST, What do you have to lose being you are only sending 5 dollars to 2 people. I WAS SKEPTICAL AT FIRST, but over about a week hundreds starting appearing in my paypal account! It was like Christmas morning!!!! INSTRUCTIONS: STEP 1: The first thing to do is highlight and SAVE this entire post in word or notepad on your computer so you can come back to it later. After that, if you are not already a PayPal user you need to go to the PayPal website at https://www.paypal.com/au/mrb/pal=CW4RHQ... and SIGN UP. If you want to be able to receive credit card payments from other people then you will need to sign up for a PREMIER or BUSINESS account (not just a PERSONAL account). This is highly recommended to allow others easy payment options. In order to place the initial 10$ into your account, you will have to verify your bank account with PAYPAL (which may take a few days). PAYPAL is 100% secure and is used by millions of people worldwide. STEP 2: Here is where the action occurs. The first thing to do is to send a $5.00 payment to each of the 2 email addresses on the current list from your PayPal account. To do this quickly and successfully, follow these simple steps: 1. Login to PayPal and click on the "Send Money" tab near the top of the screen 2. In the "Recipient's Email" field enter the email address 3. In the "Amount" field enter "5" (This is your $5.00 payment) 4. In the "Category" field select "Service" (Keeping it legal) 5. In the "Subject" field type "Tutoring Help", and in the "NOTE" field Enter "Thanks for the help" or even better Enter "Thank you for answering my (pick a subject ex. Business, financial etc) question." By doing this, you are creating a service and maintaining the legality of the system by "paying" for the service. In theory you are tutoring others how to make money online through paypal. It is very important that you follow those directions since that is what keeps it legal. You probably have seen this exact method before with others telling you to write "please put me on your email list" in the note section. I originally used the "please put me on your email list" and it worked great until paypal said that is considered a pyramid scheme. They were really nice about it, telling me that I couldn't do this anymore (They let me keep the 954.34 that I had made over the 3 weeks, I just had to stop). So I now have been using this NEW method for about 3 months and there have been no problems. This is providing a helping service to others, which paypal has verified as legal. I promise you that this works and is legal, I even called customer service explaining what I was doing would not get me in trouble. They gave me the thumbs up, saying this method meet their user policy! Whats the worst that happens, you lose 10$ dollars? Unlike most people, I have tried this program and have figured out what works! The great thing about this email list is that I have contacted all of them by email. They all are active in this paypal method, guaranteeing that they will be posting their list with your email address to hundreds of posts. You have to be careful, since many email lists are filled with inactive or wrong emails! If you need help getting started or have any questions feel free to email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], working together is what will allow us to make this potential large sum of money. Remember, all of this is ABSOLUTELY LEGAL! If you have any doubts, please refer to le 18 Sec.1302 & 1241 of the United States Postal laws. Now, click on the "Continue" button to complete the payment. Repeat these steps for each of the 2 email addresses. That's it! By sending the $5.00 payment to each address, you are implementing the compounding POWER of the system. You will reap what you sow! Here is the current e-mail list: ************************************************* The email list: 1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************ STEP 2: Now take the #1 email off of the list that you see above (from your saved file), move the other addresses up (2 becomes 1) and add YOUR email address (the one used for your PayPal account) as number 2 on the list. This is the only part of the document that should be changed. ** Make sure your email address is the one you have registered with PayPal ** STEP 3: Post your amended article to at least 200 newsgroups or message boards. Keep in mind that there are tens of thousands of groups online! All you need is 200, but remember the more you post the more money you make - as well as everyone else on the list! I've began to see money roll in before I even hit 100 posts, but try to hit around 200 to allow maximum exposure. Use Netscape, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or whatever your internet browser is to search for various news groups, log on to any search engine like yahoo.com or google.com and type in a subject like 'MILLIONAIRE MESSAGE BOARD', 'MONEY MAKING DISCUSSIONS', 'MONEY MAKING FORUMS', or 'BUSINESS MESSAGE BOARD', PAYPAL 10 DOLLAR, OPRAH 10 DOLLAR PAYPAL METHOD. You will find thousands and thousands of message boards. Click them one by one and you will find the option to post a new message. Fill in the subject which will be the header that everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a particular group, and post the article with the NEW list of email addresses included. THAT'S IT!!! All you have to do is jump to different news groups and post away. After you get the hang of it, it will take about 30 seconds for each newsgroup. HOW THE MONEY WORKS: When you post 200 messages in various forums, it is estimated that at LEAST 15 people will respond and send you a $5.00 ($75.00). Those 15 will Post 200 Posts each and 225 people send you $5.00 etc. through 6 levels of email addresses. For comprehension purposes, here is an easy viewing chart: REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE MORE YOU WILL MAKE!! GOOD LUCK!! Remember, all of this is ABSOLUTELY LEGAL! If you have any doubts, please refer to le 18 Sec.1302 & 1241 of the United States Postal laws. ------------------------------ *From:* alex23 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* python-list@python.org *Sent:* Monday, 1 December, 2008 17:01:35 *Subject:* Re: Checking a string against multiple matches On Dec 2, 5:31 am, Aaron Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was using .index on the > list, but it would return True for strings that contained the search > string rather than match it exactly, leading to false positives in my > code. Are you sure? That doesn't seem like standard behaviour. >>> l = ["one", "two", "three", "four"] >>> l.index('on') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: list.index(x): x not in list >>> l.index('thre') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: list.index(x): x not in list The only time I'd expect it to do partial matches is if you were doing string.index(string), rather than list.index(string): >>> "four".index('our') 1 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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