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Old 23-09-2005, 07:37 PM
Derek Broughton
 
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Gail Futoran wrote:

I just got an email saying I had been added to
Google Groups The_Pond. I've read about it
here, of course, but had *elected* not to join.
Maybe later, but not right now.

Someone, apparently , added me
to the list without asking my permission.


That's so Google. They never quite get it right when they try to do mail
lists & newsgroups. Any other list would send you a confirmation message
before actually signing you up - specifically because this sort of thing
happens.
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Old 23-09-2005, 08:52 PM
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Derek Broughton wrote:
Gail Futoran wrote:


I just got an email saying I had been added to
Google Groups The_Pond. I've read about it
here, of course, but had *elected* not to join.
Maybe later, but not right now.

Someone, apparently , added me
to the list without asking my permission.



That's so Google. They never quite get it right when they try to do mail
lists & newsgroups. Any other list would send you a confirmation message
before actually signing you up - specifically because this sort of thing
happens.



I Say it Jabriol!!! You all been fooled!!!
No wait maybe it is Carol!! You all been fooled!!!!!!!!!

Maybe I shall subscribe.


McKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
My Pond Page
http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killf..._troll_faq.htm
Make sure of which Reel McKoi you're replying to - the TROLL from
alt.religion.jehovahs-witn is using other people's names to bypass
killfiles. There are now TWO Reel McKoi's posting here.





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Old 23-09-2005, 09:01 PM
Reel Mckoi
 
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~ jan jjspond wrote:
Yea, I think there is something definitely fishy about this new group
K30/kathy no sooner joined, when she found herself drafted as moderator. A
role she would never willingly volunteer to take. ~ jan


On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:19:49 GMT, "Gail Futoran" wrote:



I just got an email saying I had been added to
Google Groups The_Pond. I've read about it
here, of course, but had *elected* not to join.
Maybe later, but not right now.

Someone, apparently , added me
to the list without asking my permission. Here's
the part I find even more offensive:

"The owner of the group has set your subscription type as "Email", meaning
that
you'll receive a copy of every message posted to the group as they are
posted."

So instead of dealing with spam in a newsgroup,
*that I go to*, I'll get to deal with some unknown
number of *emails* - not my choice to go to, but
that fill my mailbox.

I have a dial-up line (not much choice about that out
in the country) and things are slow enough as it is
without someone adding me to their list WITHOUT
MY PERMISSION. Yes, I unsubscribed immediately.
That's not the point.

I'll stick with newsgroups, thanks, and the next
person who adds me to a mail list without my
permission will deal with Google Groups staff
(I'll report abuse).

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8





Good Girl.



McKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
My Pond Page
http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killf..._troll_faq.htm
Make sure of which Reel McKoi you're replying to - the TROLL from
alt.religion.jehovahs-witn is using other people's names to bypass
killfiles. There are now TWO Reel McKoi's posting here.


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Old 23-09-2005, 09:14 PM
 
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I may be wrong but a couple of the people ruining this group tried to join "the pond"
and were promptly unsubbed, so I suspect somebody is signing people up to ruin the
list as well. Ingrid

"Gail Futoran" wrote:
I just got an email saying I had been added to
Google Groups The_Pond. I've read about it
here, of course, but had *elected* not to join.
Maybe later, but not right now.

Someone, apparently , added me
to the list without asking my permission. Here's
the part I find even more offensive:



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/
sign up: http://list.lovemyoldhome.com/web/wa.cgi?REPORT&z=3
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for
any of the recommendations I make.
AND I DID NOT AUTHORIZE ADS AT THE OLD PUREGOLD SITE
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Old 23-09-2005, 09:30 PM
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wrote in message
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I may be wrong but a couple of the people ruining this group tried to join
"the pond"
and were promptly unsubbed, so I suspect somebody is signing people up to
ruin the
list as well. Ingrid

==============
Check the IP numbers and you'll know soon enough.

Mine: NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.82.112.1 Hughs

Jabriol's:NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.148.14.25 Qwest
--
McKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killf..._troll_faq.htm
Make sure of which Reel McKoi you're replying to - the TROLL from
alt.religion.jehovahs-witn is using other people's names to bypass
killfiles. There are now TWO Reel McKoi's posting here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Old 23-09-2005, 10:17 PM
Gail Futoran
 
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wrote in message
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I may be wrong but a couple of the people ruining this group tried to join
"the pond"
and were promptly unsubbed, so I suspect somebody is signing people up to
ruin the
list as well. Ingrid


That's a reasonable theory, but I'm one of the
rec.ponders who has steadfastly stayed out of
the [you-know-what-mess g]. So if someone
signed me up hoping to cause trouble for the list,
they'd simply be bored!

Gail


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Old 26-09-2005, 02:53 AM
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That's a reasonable theory, but I'm one of the
rec.ponders who has steadfastly stayed out of
the [you-know-what-mess g]. So if someone
signed me up hoping to cause trouble for the list,
they'd simply be bored!

Gail

It may have been someone trying to cause trouble for the list but I was sure
ticked, especially being set to emails. Might have been less ticked if
they'd use digest.. Besides unsubscribing I also forwarded it to the abuse.
Maybe they'll figure it out but more likely just ignore it. Guess I agree
with Derek. A real list manager should require confirmation and the whole
thing may have been bogus 'cause I didn't get any emails before I
unsubscibed.

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J.D. Stone
http://www2.itexas.net/jdstone


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Gail Futoran
 
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"J.D. Stone" wrote in message
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That's a reasonable theory, but I'm one of the
rec.ponders who has steadfastly stayed out of
the [you-know-what-mess g]. So if someone
signed me up hoping to cause trouble for the list,
they'd simply be bored!

Gail

It may have been someone trying to cause trouble for the list but I was
sure ticked, especially being set to emails. Might have been less ticked
if they'd use digest.. Besides unsubscribing I also forwarded it to the
abuse. Maybe they'll figure it out but more likely just ignore it. Guess I
agree with Derek. A real list manager should require confirmation and the
whole thing may have been bogus 'cause I didn't get any emails before I
unsubscibed.

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J.D. Stone
http://www2.itexas.net/jdstone

I probably should have done what you did.
Maybe if enough people complained they
would do something.

Gail


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