From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FREEMAIL_REPLYTO_END_DIGIT,INVALID_MSGID,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 115914,8b985862f09ebe4a X-Google-Attributes: gid115914,public X-Google-Thread: 107079,8b985862f09ebe4a X-Google-Attributes: gid107079,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8b985862f09ebe4a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f849b,8b985862f09ebe4a X-Google-Attributes: gidf849b,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,8b985862f09ebe4a X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: f8fcc,8b985862f09ebe4a X-Google-Attributes: gidf8fcc,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,8b985862f09ebe4a X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f85cc,8b985862f09ebe4a X-Google-Attributes: gidf85cc,public From: "Jim Patterson" Subject: Re: blacklist Date: 2000/09/19 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 671889277 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <8no8ng$jjn$0@pita.alt.net> <39a02a94.55434150@news.earthlink.net> Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: "Jim Patterson" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Newsgroups: comp.arch.arithmetic,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c++,comp.arch.embedded,comp.lang.ada,sci.math.num-analysis,comp.dsp,rec.scuba.equipment,alt.tv.days-of-our-lives X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Date: 2000-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Couldn't you have at least waited one more day to post your message? Then the post you were responding to would have been a full month old. :-) -- Jim Patterson Josh Sebastian wrote in message news:39a02a94.55434150@news.earthlink.net... > On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 03:35:58 -0600, "E. Robert Tisdale" > wrote: > > >I have been considering maintaining and publishing > >a blacklist data base for this newsgroup. > >The blacklist data base would contain the names > >of subscribers who post off-topic articles > >to the newsgroup. > >New subscribers and infrequent contributors > >to the newsgroup would be advised > >to consult the blacklist data base before responding > >to articles posted in the newsgroup. > >There would be, of course, no penalty imposed > >upon subscribers who respond off-topic articles > >except the penalty imposed by the blacklistee. > >That is to say, the blacklist would be self enforcing. > > I believe that Mr. Tisdale did not post this message. If you look at > the message headers, you can see several important differences from > the message headers in Mr. Tisdale's "normal" posts. > > Discrepancy #1: > The timezone is different. > > Discrepancy #2: > The message-id is different. > > Discrepancy #3: > There are fewer HTTP fields in the "Blacklist" header (implying a > different newsreader). > > In fact, the only similarities between the header for "Blacklist" and > the headers from Mr. Tisdale's usual posts are the ones that are > easily forged by a novice. > > Despite your personal opinion of Mr. Tisdale, slander is totally > uncalled for. > _______ > > "Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation" yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation. > > Josh Sebastian >