} I vaguely recall that Chris Lewis had a similar problem
} about a year ago.
What do you mean a year ago? Still happening now. A little
less frequently, but it's still happening.
} What's curious is that the complaint came five days after I
} posted my current FAQ, and that it is the only complaint I
} have ever received. That suggests an intentional forged
} mailing rather than failed Usenet-to-Email software.
Probably not.
Some people, particularly those on Netscape's GUI, just don't
know/can't tell the difference between mail and Usenet. They'll
accidentally (or their ISP does it for them) subscribe to a
newsgroup, and whenever they hit "get more messages", they get
walloped with the newsgroup. So they complain to someone - often
the first on the list, or the one with the biggest messages.
Since my FAQ is cross-posted to news.announce.newusers, and that
group is one of the groups an ISP may initially "force-subscribe"
(via "list subscriptions" NNTP command that some browsers do) you
to, I get a lot (relatively) of these complaints.
They tend to be shortly after the FAQ is posted, but sometimes 5 days
or more. I've had as many as 3 in a day. But it's been a month or
two since the last one.
It's remarkable how clue-resistant some people are - despite patiently
explaining what's going on, I've had more than one person go postal
and imagine that they can get away with mailbombing me with my FAQ.
A few smoking craters later...
-- Chris Lewis, CyberSheriff (CBC says I am, so it must be true!)For more information on spam, see http://spam.abuse.net/spam Fight spam, support Rep. Chris Smith's TCPA extension: http://www.cauce.org
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