CBFalconer wrote:

> Robert Heiling wrote:
> > CBFalconer wrote:
> >> Robert Heiling wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Part 1.1 Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
> >>> Encoding: 7bit
> >>
> >> If you want to be heard on newsgroups, do not use html nor mime
> >> encoding. They are potentially dangerous, and the better ISPs will
> >> simply remove them from newsgroup traffic. Usenext is a pure text
> >> medium.
> >
> > I have previously explained the problem to you, so kindly get off my
> > case. I've been posting in newsgroups since the mid-90's and with
> > basically this same software and haven't had any complaints until yours.
> > Something, and I haven't had time to find out what, is causing my
> > newsreader to respond to what it thinks is html. My linewidth output is
> > also usually at 72, but since you brought that up, wasn't that to
> > accomodate teletype machines? and isn't that all a bit dated like you?
> >
> > In any case, I don't take kindly to net nazis like yourself, and don't
> > waste much time in flame wars either. So get lost!
>
> My, you are a surly one.

You draw the reaction your posts deserve.

> I was really mean to explain some of the
> facts of life to you. Do you really think I keep a list of silly
> html posters who have been told the facts and responded with ugly
> noises? You might consider that the cause of the message was the
> appearance of the silly html, not your identity. After that you
> might ponder on who placed that html on usenet in the first place.

If you weren't being a childish net-nazi, you wouldn't have to worry about any
of that.

> However, if you have been doing this since the mid 90s, you do
> appear to be fairly slow on the uptake.

You might someday wake up to the fact that it's sop to place 'OT" or similar
in the subject header when you post something that has nothing whatsoever to
do with the subject at hand? Then again, you've had long enough to learn, but
your rudeness seems to prevail..

> "If you want to post a followup via groups.google.com, don't use
> the broken "Reply" link at the bottom of the article. Click on
> "show options" at the top of the article, then click on the
> "Reply" at the bottom of the article headers." - Keith Thompson

How about the Usenet rule limiting sigs to 3 lines. Guess you're too good for
those rules also eh? and how about pmfji? I didn't see that either. You
obviously need to get a life badly. :-(

Bob