Re: Will IM replace e-mail?

From: Alan Balmer (albalmer_at_att.net)
Date: 10/13/03 

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:33:38 -0700

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 02:59:24 +0000 (UTC), Richard Heathfield
<dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

>Alan Balmer wrote:
>
>> On 9 Oct 2003 21:42:43 -0700, flowervalley007@yahoo.com (CRM) wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>My friend forwarded a mail. He got gift from <spam URL elided: RJH>. He
>>>participated a poll. The question is simple "Will IM replace e-mail?
>>>" I supposed this is a great opportunity to everyone.
>>>
>> Amazing how naive the spammers think we are.
>
>Amazing how their URLs get propagated even in posts complaining about them.
>
Not propagated - merely repeated. In this case, the elision spoils the
tone of the quote, imo, especially when you follow "He got gift" with
a fiv-dollar word.

>Please elide spam URLs - always.

All generalities are false. 

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Al Balmer
Balmer Consulting
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