Posted by R. C. White on 08/20/07 15:40

Chill out, Chairman!

We understand your frustration, but that is NOT the way to handle it.

> File complaints of SPAM with: groups-abuse@google.com

I agree with this part.

But your final line is entirely unnecessary, inappropriate and offensive to
many (most?) readers.

And all the copied headers are just so much wasted bandwidth. Most users
won't know what it means, and those who do know also know how to press
<Ctrl>+F3 to find the information for themselves.

Newbies reading your post will think, "So that's how to handle spammers!",
and we might get flooded with similar responses.

But the worst part is that the spammer will never see your insult. Only us
"good guys" will see it, and we've seen more than enough already. :>(

By the way, where is the original spam message? It looks like somebody
already deleted it.

Next time, please just ignore the spam - after filing your complaint with
the sender's (probably spoofed) server, of course.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Vista Ultimate x64)

"ChairmanOfTheBored" <RUBored@crackasmile.org> wrote in message
news:3kbhc395j1vrkm9mvnuiqkpo256t7o1g26@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:56:04 -0700, travolta010@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>Path:
>>be32.phx!hwmnpeer02.phx!hw-filter.phx!hwmnpeer01.phx!hwmnpeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail
>>From: travolta010@gmail.com
<SNIPped useless garbage and offensive retort>

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