On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:44:00 -0500, Patrick Burleson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I just want to ask something about the etiquette of this list. Is it
>the general practice to only discuss in private? Is it ok to reply
>back and include the list? Just wondering.
>
>Thanks,
>Patrick
>

One thing you might want to be aware of is that your name and email
are getting relayed to the comp.sys.hp.mpe usenet group when you reply
to the list.  Groups like that are regularly harvested for spam lists
by things called spambots.  Anyone who puts information like that
out in the clear is nuts.

The gateway between the list and the group has been quite sick for a
while, and apparently will be shut down entirely.  But it has been
quite reliable at sending messages from the list to the group, allowing
valid email addresses to be exposed.  Since the people who use the list
aren't generally internet savey, maybe it's for the best that the
gateway die.

-J

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