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From: ka@spanky.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.flame
Subject: Re: NET ABUSE by pur-ee!CSvax:abw
Message-ID: <427@spanky.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10-Aug-83 10:47:02 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 10 10:47:02 1983
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Because there are new users constantly arriving on the net, it is
more or less inevitable that mistakes will be made.  This does not
mean that the people making the mistakes are either malicious or
especially ignorant; they just don't know how to use the net yet.
It is entirely appropriate to mail the poster an explanation of what
he did wrong because in all probability he doesn't know.  Launching
a personal attack on the poster is not necessary, and is likely to
be less effective than a simle explanation because it is likely to
provoke resentment in the person who receives it.

				Kenneth Almquist