Re: List troll bot (was Re: Chapter one *Securing and optimizing Linix*)
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > on Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 07:58:10AM +0000, guran remberg (guran@nr1.nu) wrote:
> > Ted Nackad wrote:
> > > Dear friend:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Well, I like your book very much, but it has more to offer than I was
> > looking for. So I have concluded 'to do it my way'.
> >
> > Background:
> >
> > I have been using Linux exclusively for three years, but in a very
> > restricted manner. Mainly LyX, XFig and scilab for my thinking and note
> > taking. Every day I use Netscape to surf the net and to fetch my mail.
>
> I've blacklisted this user on my own systems. It appears to be a
> list-bot, generated text from simple rules and spamming it to this list.
> Is there any sort of appeal process to the list administrator(s) to get
> users dropped?
Wow, if that is a bot I'd like to get a look at it. I thought it was an asshole
troll. If it is a bot I guess it passed the turing test, at least in my case.
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Bud Rogers <budr@sirinet.net>
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