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From: gripinc AT hotmail DOT com (Neither)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: TC++ syntax?
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 08:24:16 GMT
Organization: The Evil Within
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References: <199801300347 DOT TAA01956 AT adit DOT ap DOT net>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:47:55 -0800 (PST), Nate Eldredge
<eldredge AT ap DOT net> wrote:

>At 08:29  1/29/1998 GMT, kifox wrote:
>>Guys, you're getting worked up for no reason. Anti-spam/fake email-address 
>>are here to stay. Moaning about the technical issues aren't going to do you 
>>a bit of good,because most of the people who use these addresses don't 
>>really care about them. They're not getting spam in their mailboxes for the 
>>most part and that's all that really matters to them. 
>That's fine. My point here is that faking one's email address and getting
>help on this newsgroup are mutually exclusive goals. If somebody wants help
>with something, and that's the subject of most of the postings here, it is
>counterproductive to make things difficult for those who would help. This is
>what I try to point out when I do reply to anti-spammed messages.
>If somebody wants to be rude and fake their address, that's their
>prerogative. It is also *my* prerogative, and that of other repliers, to
>ignore such postings as I would any other spam. It so happens that I
>currently have the patience to reply to those people anyway, but in the
>future I may get sick of it and add them to my killfile. That will hurt only
>them. This is the purpose of the warnings with which I and others "waste our
>time". If someone wishes to have further questions here answered, it
>behooves them to make things easy for answerers.
>
>>Just relax and learn to live with it. Nothing going to change for the most 
>>part.
>That's one option, sure. The other is to refuse to help people who use
>anti-spam schemes. This would hurt DJGPP's reputation for support, but if it
>makes life easier for me, I must consider it.
>
>Nate Eldredge
>eldredge AT ap DOT net
>
>
Well if you guys feel this strongly about it then, I will show my real
hotmaill address here. I made the change and gripinc AT hotmail DOT com is my
real hotmail address. I'd rather have support and be annoyed by spam,
than no spam, and no support. I hope this is enough...

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