ATTN: Veronica & others: Read Me

As you may have noticed alt.binaries.pictures.ascii has been flooded
with pornography lately. Now the post quoted below has appeared.

Any comments?




--
:)
Veronica Karlsson
( e93...@sm.luth.se  http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ )



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nutso wrote:
> 
> Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> wrote:
> 
> >gilligan wrote:
> >>
> >[ 8< ]
> >>
> >> I guess somebody actually uses this group (Veronica).
> >
> >Not lately... :P
> >
> >> I'll bet she was
> >> surprised when she subscribed. We may have to find another unused group and
> >> move on. I guess it depends on your definition of ascii, cause I've seen
> >> plenty of ass.;-)
> >
> >Then you have misunderstood the "as" in "ascii"... :D
> >
> >THIS is ascii:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Veronica-
> 
> I just popped my head into the group tonight for the first time and
> was a little surprised.  I'm sorry that this group has turned out the
> way it has.  I might be able to clear up some confusion and hopefully
> help get this group back to what it was meant for.
> 
> What you are seeing is the runoff from a rather large and popular
> newsgroup, alt.binaries.nospam.teenfem.  Some of the contributors to
> that group have run into the problem of identifying reposted material
> due to the amount of headers.  Rather than make the group any more
> crowded than it already is they have chosen to do their reposting here
> since this group is largely non-populated, by either Spam or posts.
> 
> Although these guys are a rowdy bunch, most of them are harmless and
> at times can be rather nice. <g>  I think the reason they have settled
> on this group is that they have no idea what ascii art is (I do).  If
> you are interested in cleaning the group up I would recommend making
> an appeal in alt.binaries.nospam.teenfem.d.  This is the discussion
> group for the group noted above.  Notice the nospam in the title.
> These people, ironically, stand behind the belief that off topic
> posting is wrong.  Your point, if made pleasantly, will most likely be
> duly noted.  I doubt any argument will be made since you are obviously
> in the right.
> 
> I will wait a few days for your appeal in
> alt.binaries.nospam.teenfem.d.  If I do not see one I will make the
> appeal myself.  Although I have had no part in what has been posted I
> feel that someone ought to at least apologize.  Therefore, please
> accept my apology for off topic posts.  If need be I will work to
> correct this.  And yes, I do mean contacting ISPs and registering a
> complaint if need be.  Although I consider a lot of the recent posters
> to be friends, I am not at all against losing a few friendships in
> order to protect this lady's right (and others) to have the use of
> this newsgroup unmolested.
> 
> I would urge recent posters to act like gentlemen (at least in the
> lady's presence), apologize to Veronica, and to find a more
> appropriate group.  I will allow for an appropriate grace period.
> At the end of that period, if any of you persist in posting off topic
> material, I will be taking any and all measures to correct this.
> 
> nutso