[clug] Don't reply to spam?

Andrew Boyd facibus at gmail.com
Thu Apr 23 04:57:38 GMT 2009


...and then the meta-meta-spam-spam, those who complain about the  
people complaining about the spam.

:)

Andrew Boyd facibus at gmail.com
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On 23/04/2009, at 1:56 PM, Lana Brindley <lanabrindley at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/4/23 Alex Satrapa <alexsatrapa at mac.com>
>
>> On 23/04/2009, at 13:24 , Chris Smart wrote:
>>
>> If you wanna complain about spam, perhaps we
>>> could start a new thread? :-)
>>>
>>
>> No, because then you have two spam threads to ignore - the spam  
>> itself and
>> the metaspam from people spamming the list with spam complaints  
>> about the
>> spam.
>>
>> When you see spam, treat spam it as you would a troll: just spam  
>> delete it
>> and pretend spam it never spam happened.
>>
>> It spam whinge certainly seems counter spam productive whinge to me  
>> to spam
>> complain whinge about spam spam, when the spam problem you're whinge
>> complaining spam about is the excess spam traffic whinge cluttering  
>> your
>> spam inbox.
>>
>> Capisce?
>> Alex
>> PS: yes, I am fully aware of the irony of my complaining about
>> "spam-complaint spam" in a "spam-complaint" thread =(
>>
>
>
> Thanks Alex. That's the best laugh I've had all day! Meta-spam  
> indeed ;)
>
> L
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