Mail bounce loop, I'm drowning in it.

[Bill Davidsen]

David Boles wrote:
> Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>
>> --- On Thu, 7/30/09, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
>>> Subject: Mail bounce loop, I'm drowning in it.
>>> To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>> Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 7:57 PM
>>> Greetings;
>>>
>>> hacker-24 at versanet.de
>>>
>>> Please unsubscribe this person ASAP, his server is bouncing
>>> the list messages 
>>> back to our private in-boxes.
>>>
>>> -- 
>> Does this ring a bell?  Anyone remember Peter Whalley?  It is Deja Vu all over again :)
>>
>> I did not see this, till I sent a mail to the list :)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Antonio 
> 
> 
> There has, IMHO, been a lot of strange activity on several of the Fedora
> lists lately. 'Newcomers' that post rants about Fedora in general. How
> things are done. What is 'wrong' with Fedora. Why can't Fedora include
> this or that which is usually proprietary software. And then not
> accepting the explanation.
> 
> The threads go on and on as someone tries to explain it. Sometimes the
> OP will even reply. Usually they don't. When the thread finally dies out
> another one, but different, appears the next day.
> 
> This email bounce is really strange too. I remember two posts from the
> person(?). And then he is never heard from again.
> 
> It's like a strange form of SPAM. Something to disrupt the list and to
> distract the members.
> 
> I find that very odd.
> 
Probably secretly supporters of some competing OS. From the technical level of 
the posts I think you mean, perhaps CP/M?

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