Thank you.... a name attached to the message would have cleared things up quickly. Your name is on the web in quite a few places and I hope you are enjoying your time on the net. I must admit that those of us running the lists are hypersensitive to the possibility of being spammed and a cryptic name @ prodigy, aol, msn, hotmail, or yahoo without a real name to check is a red flag. Dan Robinson [log in to unmask] On 6 Dec 00, at 13:04, rbnwic rbcnwmicr wrote: > Thank you. Will do so from now on. > > Barrett Culmback > > -----Original Message----- > From: LISTSERV list owners' forum > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dan Robinson Indexing > Services > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 12:53 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: warning: [log in to unmask] > > > A name to go with an address is helpful. If only when answering a > query/warning on a listowners list. I find this to be a nice courtesy > on many professional lists. > > Dan Robinson > drobinson2hwwilson.com > > > On 6 Dec 00, at 12:45, rbnwic rbcnwmicr wrote: > > > agree w/ you there ... did not know one required a 'pedigree' ... in the > > future will use a 'non-spammer-type' email address. Thank you for the > > insight. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LISTSERV list owners' forum > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Nathan Brindle > > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 12:27 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: warning: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > Well, given that you didn't tell anyone that you were a Stanford Ph.D. > > and subscribed from an address that looks suspiciously like one a spammer > > would use, I'm not particularly surprised at the response you got. :) > > > > Nathan > > > > On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:24:41 -0800 rbnwic rbcnwmicr said: > > >I am 'the joker' ... just 'happen' to have wide-ranging interests and > > >subscribed to lists per them. Sorry to 'bother' you 'watchers.' I have > > >never spammed or spoofed ... not my 'trip.' Guess a Ph.D. from Stanford > > >isn't enough to 'merit' list-membership? Not to mention 33 years of > > college > > >teaching. :-) > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: LISTSERV list owners' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > > >Behalf Of Scout > > >Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 12:06 PM > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: Re: warning: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > >> I did a simple DejaNews search: > > >> > > >> http://www.deja.com/usenet > > >> > > >> and found no hits (though I'm in there so I guess the SEARCH function > > >> does work). > > > > > >Don't know if this person has spammed to usenet .. and it's very rare.. > in > > >my opinion, for someone to to to all the work to sub to.. confirm sub, > then > > >spam email lists.. so whoever this joker is.. gotta admire the work ethic > > >;-)) > > > > > > ...Cleo [log in to unmask] > > >