Re: is it just me getting $($F$b$i$($^$;$s$G$7$g$&$+!#

Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 08:57:49 +0300 (EEST)


> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:37:02 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Aaron T Porter <atporter@entropy.muc.muohio.edu>
> To: Jim Roy <jim@nga.com>
> cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: is it just me getting $($F$b$i$($^$;$s$G$7$g$&$+!#
>
> > I keep getting garbage in my mails from vger.rutgers.edu...
> > I am throwing this into the hopper to see if it gets garbled, too.
>
> Someone had the fun of subscribing linux-kernel to a linux list in
> japan. If you've got the right fonts installed, it does actualy
> make sense. I've sent nasty letters, hopefully things will stop
> soon.

I really wish you folks had better sense than sending any nasty letters,
or for that matter, REACTING AT ALL, when somebody does loop messages
from their mailbox-client to unintended destinations. Especially you,
Aaron.. (Well, *you* can react by doing filtering at linux-kernel, but
that is an off-line discussion topic between you and me.)

Due to the "little" burst of "junk", and "reactions", VGER had a queue
of several *thousand* messages to handle, and it took a while to process
them -- even with me manually scrubbing several of the messages, and
heaps of reactions... Now the queue is back to zero.

I bet you sent the nastygrams to linux-users@linux.or.jp, which list
has NOTHING to do with this case (aside of being place where the messages
were sent 4 months ago.) The little I know of Japanese culture, I do
suggest you send an apology letter to those innocent addresses you likely
have offended.

I do know the real culprit source address, but these reactions you people
have shown, does suggest to me that I should not reveal it aside of very
few selected people..

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/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi> <mea@vger.rutgers.edu>

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