"Tagore Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try > sending mail to abuse at (any of my) desmesne(s). You won't get a > response- in fact, no-one will read your mail.
Then you come close to being RFC ignorant IMO. Couldn't be bothered to check it out. > I'm not sure that Xah's post was offtopic, and I am not sure how to > determine that objectively. An excessive crosspost is hardly ever on topic. > I am sure that it was excessively > crossposted. I also know that Xah was posting to Usenet a long time > before you, Could be, oldest post I could find of myself: <http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.acorn/msg/c1a1f50a7fc6f3a4? dmode=source> But is this a pissing contest? > and that he will still be posting to Usenet long after you > have given up in disgust, no matter who you complain to. I doubt it. I am still "here" after 14 years. > Crossposting is bad, unless it serves a specific purpose- Xah's post > obviously doesn't. I dont like people reporting on Usenet posters to > their ISPs, but... I can't really complain about that. Crossposting is > not good, without a really good justification. > > But you are complaining about the content of his posts, and harassing > his ISP based on that. Again, learn to read: I reported excessive crossposting, period. > Would you like a Usenet campaign started to disrupt your internet > access? You would be angry if that were done, and justifiably. Last time something like that happened the culprit lost his account. So be my guest. -- John MexIT: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/ personal page: http://johnbokma.com/ Experienced programmer available: http://castleamber.com/ Happy Customers: http://castleamber.com/testimonials.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
