Hello David, On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 12:50:13 -0400 GMT (08/09/2003, 23:50 +0700 GMT), David R. Austen wrote:
> I regret the inconvenience. Please send me your message with the > advice. It will go through now. I have moved it back to the Outbox. You should receive it soon. > Yes, the bot asks for a "reason." Even your familiar name would > suffice, Thomas, telling me who is "at the door," so to speak. Please > don't be offended. But I guess this is a good illustration of what > somebody "promised" yesterday. I don't understand the last sentence. > To explain, I forgot to create a permission for you when I first wrote > to you OL. Bingo! As I kept explaining to my people, apologies are one thing, not creating a situation needing one, is what we aim for! TF>> 1.) You sent me a message to which I replied. I am offended by TF>> your bot's interference to my attempt at helping you. TF>> 2.) If you are trying to cut down spam, you will just have confirmed TF>> your address to the sender. > Good point. On very, very rare occasions, a spammer actually asks me > for permission! Thomas, aren't there other ways in which spammers can > extrapolate, and determine that an address is likely valid? It's usually the "unsubscribe" address. The point is, I don't see the reason for your policy. TF>> and even new friends will be difficult to get. > Now, Thomas, that's below the belt! :-0 I'm rather good looking, Send me a picture! :-) > and anyway, mother said to be very careful about getting new friends > on the Internet. Your mother is a wise lady. > But I think this list should be a safe place. :-) So everybody, come > over for lunch at my place today. I'm afraid lunch time is over for me, so is dinner. Next time, then. Will your mother be cooking? :-) TF>> I am kind enough to mention this to you, others will just stop TF>>communicating. > Seriously, you are kind to take this time to explain this, and alert > me to new issues. This spam-killing is a work in progress. I doubt you are killing spam this way. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Blamestorming: Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible. Message reply created with The Bat! 2.00.6 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
