[101249] in RedHat Linux List
Re: X icon changes (an apology received)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Forrester)
Wed Nov 25 12:20:00 1998
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cc: Christopher Fogarty <cfogarty@transarc.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:23:50 -0800
From: Rick Forrester <rickf@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov>
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I was contacted by Mr. Christopher Fogarty a few moments ago with the
following apology to the list, with a request that since he is not able
to post to the list that I forward it on his behalf.
Seems he is having a rather horrible time with spammers, and the message
was sent from his personal account. He inadvertantly attached his work
email address signature.
We've all blown it and been uncool; I guess he's now obtained membership
in the "Foot-in-Mouth Club" just as so many of us have.
Best
rickf
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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 11:11:18 -0500
From: Christopher Fogarty <cfogarty@transarc.com>
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To: "Richard A. Forrister" <rickf@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Web FeedBack
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Richard,
I would like to express my gravest apologies to you. This note was not sent
with intention to the list. Let me take a moment to explain. I have been
receiving well over 1000 unsolicited email from yahoo and hotmail accounts per
day to my personal home account. I have written several times to both yahoo and
hotmail regarding this issue and I have had no success. So as a result I set
up a filter in Eudora to take the mail and generate a rather nasty response to
it.
I am not certain as to how this ended up getting out to the redhat list other
than the possibility that someone on the redhat list is using a yahoo or
hotmail
account, and Eudora picked this up and responded to it. In addition, I had the
wrong signature file checked and Eudora placed my work signature on the note.
For
all of this I would like to sincerely apologize. None of this was intended to
happen. As, I do not have access to the redhat list I would appreciate it if
you
might pass this note along to the list.
"Richard A. Forrister" wrote:
> Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Richard A. Forrister (rickf@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov) on Wednesday, November 25, 1998 at 09:58:52
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Category: Other
>
> Message: Complaint:
>
> I am a member of a mailing list support group
> for the Red Hat distribution of the Linux operating
> system. I am also a senior software engineer, working
> under contract to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
> Ca., under Sterling Software, whom I see from your home
> page "News" is a customer of yours.
>
> Today, in the mailing list throughput is a very small
> minded and small souled contribution of one of your
> webmasters, a Mr. Christopher Fogarty. You don't get onto
> this mailing list casually; in fact to do so you must
> respond twice to queries from the list to ensure that
> you are joining the list of your own volition.
>
> Mr. Fogarty contributed the following epistle to the list:
>
> Dear Ass-wipe,
>
> The reason you received this message is because you spammed me with some
> unwanted piece of shit mail. Please take your solicitation and blow it out
> your ass. If you ever send me another note, I will be sure to bring your
> server to it's knees you retarded fuck!
>
> Or your return address is from a banned host guilty of such offenses.
>
> Christopher Fogarty
>
> IBM/Transarc Webmaster
>
> http://www.transarc.com
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> Please note that, in addition to his unwarranted and obscene attack
> on the members of the mailing list, Mr Fogarty is threatening
> to indulge in destructive attacks on servers, a crime under
> current law.
>
> I request that you do something to reward this individual for his
> efforts. Turning his rock back over, for starters, would be a
> great help. Is this the image you wish your company to have?
>
> Sincerely
>
> Richard Forrister
>
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Rick Forrister <Richard.Forrister@jpl.nasa.gov>
You'll wonder why your data's lost
When you load your system with MicroSoft...
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