From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 07:27:58 -0800 (PST)
To: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: Sandy Loses His Gold Star
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Sandy Sandfort wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Toto wrote:
> > Sandy Sandfort wrote:
> >  > On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

> >  > > Why is a mere "I see" classified as cypherpunks-flames???
> >  > > Stop picking on girls, Sandy.

> No, I classified it as "spam" and sent it to the list set aside
> for that, cypherpunks-flames.  Several such spams--from members
> of both sexes--have been treated the same way, so girls were net
> especially picked on.  In any event, no one was "picked on" by
> that decision.  The people in question self-selected themselves
> by posting spam.
> Why "spam"?  Because of the childish inclusion of pages of
> no-longer-relevant previous comments.  Whether intentional or
> merely negligent, the net effect is to spam the list.

I hope to God you're paying attention, Toto.  You just got a new
rule: inclusion of no-longer-relevant comments. Now if you pay close
attention from now on, and write these things down, you won't forget.
(until there's a new rule, but that's the way these things work).