I thought it was an MVS reincarnation… On Jan 28, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Kurt H Maier <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:13:28AM +0000, Unknown wrote: >> My route here was: when my ISP said I'd have to buy W95, because Win3 >> wasn't good enough any more, I said screw-you and found linux and ETHO >> [the single fd0, full OS & inet suite]. > > Let me start out by saying I love this message. I thought fakeposting > had died, but clearly there are still some practitioners out there. > Here are a few hints: > > - Nobody's ISP tells them what OS to run, even back in 1995. This > excessive detail deprives your message of the credibility it deserves. > > - [email protected] is not valid -- gmail requires at least six characters > in the username field; you had to know someone would notice this. Next > time, register a better throwaway address. Mailinator has lots of > legit-sounding domains to choose from. > > - The message seems to have shot its whole magazine in the first > engagement. Spread it out over a few more messages, so people get > engaged in the discussion before they realize it's a fakepost. > > Don't get discouraged! This is good work, and with practice, you'll be > tearing up mailing lists for years to come. > > Thanks, > Kurt > --- Federico G. Benavento [email protected]
