Re: qsecretary notice

Words by Simon Morgan [Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 05:24:27PM +0100]:
> On 30 Aug 2005 16:19:18 -0000, The qsecretary program
> <list-publicfile-notbulkmail-9661516535fb50d8ef23757f72cc6369@list.cr.yp.to>
> wrote:
> > Hi. This is D. J. Bernstein's automated mail-handling program. I've
> > received a message from you addressed to one of Professor Bernstein's
> > public mailing lists. The top of your message is shown below.
> > 
> > Professor Bernstein has asked me to reject all anonymous messages and
> > bulk mail messages. But I'm a rather primitive computer program; I'm not
> > sure whether your message identifies you, and I'm not sure whether it's
> > bulk mail.
> 
> Why the hell do I get spammed with this crap every time I send a message
> to the list? Why am I still classed as "anonymous" even though I'm subscribed
> and have replied to this message twice before? Do you really think it's a good
> idea having such "primitive" programs managing parts of your mailing lists?

Yes.

(Please take notice that I and not a bit annoyed being "spammed" with this
"crap" even though I'm sending a simple "Yes." to the list. Are subscribed
in V1aGra lists that used to be technical?)

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Jose Celestino | http://xpto.org/~japc/files/japc-pgpkey.asc
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