Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:18468 alt.config:616 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!leah!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!sco!davidbe From: davidbe@sco.COM (The Cat in the Hat) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,alt.config Subject: Re: Mail Order war stories? Summary: here there be sarcasm (of sorts) Keywords: mail order mailorder purchase Message-ID: <980@scovert.sco.COM> Date: 26 Aug 88 19:26:28 GMT References: <6766@megaron.arizona.edu> Reply-To: davidbe@sco.COM (The Cat in the Hat) Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (Scovert Operations) Lines: 19 A long long time ago in an article far far away ( to be exact) msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) said: - -I kinda like alt.mailorder.scum. However, you're more likely to get -away with alt.mailorder, which could include warnings as well as -requests for addresses, reviews of mailorder companies, and other such -stuff. Actually, I prefer alt.scum, for lists of who to avoid...mailorder and otherwise. It could even lead to a whole alt.scum hierarchy...I can see it now: alt.scum.mailorder, alt.scum.deptstore, alt.scum.books, and, of course, alt.scum.usenet. -- David Bedno (aka The Cat in the Hat) Now appearing at: davidbe@sco.COM -OR- ...!{uunet,decvax!microsoft,ucbvax!ucscc}!sco!davidbe -OR- At home: 408-425-5266 At work: 408-425-7222 x5123 (I'm probably here...) Disclaimer: Not SCO's opinions. At least not that they've told me. "If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything."