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From:Neil Bothwick
Date:28 Oct 2000 at 23:04:59
Subject:Re: new virus alert for pc users

Matthew Garrett said,

> On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 03:58:23PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:

>> >> The goal is the same in either case, to clog up the mail system with more
>> >> crap than a Digitiser mailing list.
>>
>> > But there isn't a Digitiser mailing list.
>>
>> Yes there is.

> The two you mentioned have, combined, had a grand total of 4 messages over
> the past year. If that's enough to clog up your mail systems, it's not a
> terribly good advert for Wirenet :)

It's not enough to clog the mail system, but it does prove the point.
since this sub-thread alone has more than four messages, the entire mail
generated by this hoax is indeed more than crap generated by a single
Digitiser mailing list.

I know I could have used alt.digitiser, but then some pedantic git
(maybe even the same pedantic git :) would have claimed that newsgroups
generate no mail :-O

Neil



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