> Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > Being away from the Net for nearly 24 hours, I wondered why I was > getting 90 e-mails downloading, but only about 16 messages in my > "Cypherpunks" filtered mailbox. So I looked at what the cat drug in: > > -- 29 messages from Choate, the usual forwarded Slashdot, kuroshin, CNN, > Register articles > > (doesn't even count about 6-8 messages he sent earlier yesterday...I'm > only counting since I was last on the Net!) > > -- 22 messages from MattX/proffr/whackamole > > (ditto, he sent some earlier messages as well) > > So, it looks like in the race to swamp the list with junk, Choate is a > hair ahead of the other pinhead. > > I know Choate is a strange character, but what does he think is being > accomplished by sending 25-35 forwarded items to the list in a single > day? > Jim's actually improved quite a bit - at least he no longer includes the entire HTML page as an attachment. At this point, two things would be nice:
1. To hold his enthusiasm in check long enough to gather up a whole day's references, and bundle them into one message. 2. Give a single sentence description as to why each link is worth the trouble. mattd has actually improved slightly as well - some of his messages are actually on-topic, and reference other's postings appropriately. It's been a full week since he's called for my violent death. However, he is still using the list as a private archiving service. Peter > --Tim May >
