[ale] Re: 115.00 fine for bouncing email to critter at wizvax.net

[Glenn C. Lasher Jr.]

Sorry, my mistake.  I usually hit my email first thing in the morning, and
I wasn't awake yet.

On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Vernard Martin wrote:

> > I am sending this message in outrage.  Below is an unedited copy (save for
> > the '>'s added by PINE) of an email I received allegedly from Eric Z.
> > Ayers, and I hereby publicly challenge him to appologise for, or disown,
> > the following email.
> 
> [lines deleted for brevity]
> 
> Mr.Lasher,
> 
> That email was obviously a joke. It was meant to get your attention and to
> bring to light the fact that your email sent to you from the ale list was
> bouncing a considerable amount more than is considerable or acceptable.
> 
> Bounces from ALE go to ALL of the members on the list. When this happens, we
> normally remove the offending email address temporarily so as to prevent
> hundreds of bounced messages from being sent while that mail address is down.
> 
> However, in your case, the address that we received the bounce from is
> DIFFERENT than the one that is subscribed in the ALE mailing list. As best we
> can tell, you are forwarding that email address to the one that is generating
> the bounce. Since he could not pinpoint the offending email address, he sent
> out that humours email message to get your attention. While it seems that you
> found it offensive, you have to admit that it did get your attention :)
> 
> I apologize for the apparent offense you take at the email message. It was not
> intended to offend but to just get your attention. It seemed to me that it was 
> obviously a joke but that's just my perspective on it. No harm was intended I 
> can assure you. 
> 
> Vernard Martin
> ALE member at large
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Darkness has a hunger that's insatiable   Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu)
> Lightness has a call that's hard to hear  http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/
> 

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