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From: "Murray Pletsch" <>
Subject: Heads up, multiple list subscriber
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:21:30 -0400
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Hi Lainee:

I am sure the HD knows what they are doing....but a *goodly number* of lists
is likely an understatement.

He hit 8 of my locality lists and 4 other ones I am subscribed to.....!

This is similar to old bombing runs we used to Get in Fidonet....! <grin>

Bye for now.............Murray

Lainee Denton-Jones wrote:

> I reported this to HD and I was told that this person would be
> unsubbed by the list admins if they deemed it necessarily OR
> they were posting to a goodly number of lists. I am currently
> in the archives for England and am up to the E's and have
> only found 3 so far that this person hasn't posted too. I got
> this same message on 5 lists...4 I sub to and one I admin
> in the space of about 2 minutes!

> At 10:04 PM 4/26/04, Sharyn Hay wrote:
>> Just a heads up for any who would want to be aware of this.
>> is posting with the subject line:
>> Learning the craft of genealogy online
>> <snip>
>> In the past hour I have received the post on several locality lists.
>> I
>> have also
>> had this person subscribe to six of my locality lists in the past
>> hour. I find this post totally off-topic and have chosen to put this
>> person on reject, *just in time* because while writing this I have
>> gotten two copies of the same post he tried to post to my lists. You
>> may, or may not, want to
>> allow this post, your call.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sharyn

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