Re: Locking support

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On , September 6, 2001 at 13:25:39 (GMT), address@hidden wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Locking support
>
> Can't deny that, though I usually only foam on Mondays.

I only foam on Fridays myself.....   :-)

> What is the "Usenet cross-link"?

That was just a sly reference to your real "location" (i.e. your NTNTP
client host):

        $ host -a 206.246.124.51
        Name: poseidon.crosslink.net
        Address: 206.246.124.51

but it really meant you're posting to the address@hidden via the
recently (but perhaps not very wisely) resurrected mail2news gateway and
doing so with a not only obfuscated, but also invalid, e-mail address.

>  Anyway, I did just change my email
> address after six years with my old one.  Six years of posting my
> email address free and clear on Usenet and I now get average of 50
> spams a day.  I just couldn't keep up.  Using the .invalid extension
> is quite accepted and strongly advised.

Hmmm..... what's this all about then?

    $ smail -v -bv address@hidden
    address@hidden ... not deliverable: unknown host
    
    $ host -a olagrande.org       
    olagrande.org does not exist, try again
    
    $ whois olagrande.org
    
    Whois Server Version 1.3
    
    Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
    with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
    for detailed information.
    
    No match for "OLAGRANDE.ORG".
    
    >>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 02:27:14 EDT <<<
    
    The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and
    Registrars. 

is there a typo in your ~/.sig, or are you really trying to hide from
the Usenet spam monsters?

(I don't really like people posting to what are primarily e-mail forums
with obfuscated e-mail addresses, but then again I'm not much of a fan
of the remains of the public Usenet system either.)

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                                                        Greg A. Woods

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