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shazzbat 13-05-2004 01:05 PM

civilised spam?
 
The "I want to share this with you" post appeared on every one of my
newsgroups *without* crossposting.

Astonishing.

Steve



Cerumen 13-05-2004 03:08 PM

civilised spam?
 

"shazzbat" wrote in message
...
The "I want to share this with you" post appeared on every one of my
newsgroups *without* crossposting.

It was still spam though and got larted as such on most groups where it
was off topic and unwelcome, no spam is civilised although Spam fritters
might be though so by some.


--

Chris Thomas
West Cork
Ireland





Janet Baraclough.. 13-05-2004 10:08 PM

civilised spam?
 
The message
from "shazzbat" contains these words:

The "I want to share this with you" post appeared on every one of my
newsgroups *without* crossposting.


Maybe you should try a civilised newsreader; it didn't appear on any
of my newsgroups :-)

Janet



Tumbleweed 13-05-2004 11:23 PM

civilised spam?
 

"Janet Baraclough.." wrote in message
...
The message
from "shazzbat" contains these words:

The "I want to share this with you" post appeared on every one of my
newsgroups *without* crossposting.


Maybe you should try a civilised newsreader; it didn't appear on any
of my newsgroups :-)



.....or mine and I am using the much maligned OE. Much more likely to be down
to which ISP you use .

--
Tumbleweed

Remove my socks for email address



martin 13-05-2004 11:24 PM

civilised spam?
 
On Thu, 13 May 2004 22:18:01 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote:


"Janet Baraclough.." wrote in message
.. .
The message
from "shazzbat" contains these words:

The "I want to share this with you" post appeared on every one of my
newsgroups *without* crossposting.


Maybe you should try a civilised newsreader; it didn't appear on any
of my newsgroups :-)



....or mine and I am using the much maligned OE. Much more likely to be down
to which ISP you use .


I think she meant "news server" :-)

Jaques d'Alltrades 14-05-2004 11:05 AM

civilised spam?
 
The message
from Janet Baraclough.. contains
these words:
The message
from "shazzbat" contains these words:


The "I want to share this with you" post appeared on every one of my
newsgroups *without* crossposting.


Maybe you should try a civilised newsreader; it didn't appear on any
of my newsgroups :-)


Nor mine, though it's either the newsfeed or the home server which zap
them, not the newsreader.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/


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