X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,96a6c774da7a82bc,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Veronica Karlsson Subject: Re: ATTN: Veronica & others: Read Me Date: 1997/10/22 Message-ID: <344E2C5B.2781E494@on.spammer>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 282472946 References: <3449FA77.4487EB71@on.spammer> <3457ac28.64831053@news.mindspring.com> Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art As you may have noticed alt.binaries.pictures.ascii has been flooded with pornography lately. Now the post quoted below has appeared. Any comments? -- :) Veronica Karlsson ( e93-vkn@sm.luth.se http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ ) ------------- begin post from alt.binaries.pictures.ascii --------------- nutso wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > >gilligan wrote: > >> > >[ 8< ] > >> > >> I guess somebody actually uses this group (Veronica). > > > >Not lately... :P > > > >> I'll bet she was > >> surprised when she subscribed. We may have to find another unused group and > >> move on. I guess it depends on your definition of ascii, cause I've seen > >> plenty of ass.;-) > > > >Then you have misunderstood the "as" in "ascii"... :D > > > >THIS is ascii: > > > > Veronica- > > I just popped my head into the group tonight for the first time and > was a little surprised. I'm sorry that this group has turned out the > way it has. I might be able to clear up some confusion and hopefully > help get this group back to what it was meant for. > > What you are seeing is the runoff from a rather large and popular > newsgroup, alt.binaries.nospam.teenfem. Some of the contributors to > that group have run into the problem of identifying reposted material > due to the amount of headers. Rather than make the group any more > crowded than it already is they have chosen to do their reposting here > since this group is largely non-populated, by either Spam or posts. > > Although these guys are a rowdy bunch, most of them are harmless and > at times can be rather nice. I think the reason they have settled > on this group is that they have no idea what ascii art is (I do). If > you are interested in cleaning the group up I would recommend making > an appeal in alt.binaries.nospam.teenfem.d. This is the discussion > group for the group noted above. Notice the nospam in the title. > These people, ironically, stand behind the belief that off topic > posting is wrong. Your point, if made pleasantly, will most likely be > duly noted. I doubt any argument will be made since you are obviously > in the right. > > I will wait a few days for your appeal in > alt.binaries.nospam.teenfem.d. If I do not see one I will make the > appeal myself. Although I have had no part in what has been posted I > feel that someone ought to at least apologize. Therefore, please > accept my apology for off topic posts. If need be I will work to > correct this. And yes, I do mean contacting ISPs and registering a > complaint if need be. Although I consider a lot of the recent posters > to be friends, I am not at all against losing a few friendships in > order to protect this lady's right (and others) to have the use of > this newsgroup unmolested. > > I would urge recent posters to act like gentlemen (at least in the > lady's presence), apologize to Veronica, and to find a more > appropriate group. I will allow for an appropriate grace period. > At the end of that period, if any of you persist in posting off topic > material, I will be taking any and all measures to correct this. > > nutso