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] >