<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans= Serif"><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY>I just deleted the post asking me to become a "good= guy".   That wasn't to hard.<BR><BR>David= I.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: alan and carolyn barnard= <TUNE4U@EARTHLINK.NET><BR>To: Pianotech= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Mon, 9 May 2005 18:40:03= -0500<BR>Subject: Spam Dam. Damn was Re: Re: Wants a piano= softer<BR><BR> <DIV> <DIV align=left>Okay, Avery and all, here's the deal. Y'all let= me know if this is unreasonable ...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Already tired of "regular" spam (tons of it), I was= also getting buried by pleas from lonely housewives, pleas from= wealthy Nigerian bankers, and pleas from software and= drug vendors--all of whom seem to have a very poor grasp of= English grammar and spelling.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I installed Earthlink's protection package which= includes the one-time quick verification before an address is= certified to be NOT a spam source. I notified the list in case= anyone sent me anything privately. I did NOT= anticipate that some people, or their software, automatically= respond both to the list and off the list when replying to= pianotech postings.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyone on the list is automatically tagged a "good guy" when= I read their post, even if they have not yet authenticated, and= will never be bothered again to "click here".</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm not trying to add to anyone's burden, just trying to get= Theresa, whose husband seems to be always out of town so she's= always lonesome and ready for fun, to stay the heck out of= my computer!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Personally, I'd like to have a button in my browser that= traces this crap back to the source and incinerates their= computer. In fact, I'm developing a system to do just that.= Need some Beta testers to send me some spam. Anybody?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----= </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color:= black"><B>From:</B> <A title=avery1@houston.rr.com= href="mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com">Avery Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A= title=nobody@earthlink.net= href="mailto:nobody@earthlink.net">nobody@earthlink.net</A> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc: </B><A= title=pianotech@ptg.org= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 05/09/2005 5:26:34 PM= </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: RE: Wants piano= softer</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>I am getting SO tired of this. If you= don't want spam, get an e-mail program or a <BR>server that= deletes it! I have. And no one has to respond to ANYTHING!= Sorry.<BR><BR>Avery<BR><BR>At 04:39 PM 5/9/05, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I apologize for this= automatic reply to your email.<BR><BR>To control spam, I now= allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved= beforehand. <BR><BR>If you would like to be added to my list of= approved senders, please fill out the short request form (see= link below). Once I approve you, I will receive your original= message in my inbox. You do not need to resend your message. I= apologize for this one-time inconvenience. <BR><BR>Click the= link below to fill out the request:<BR><BR><A= href="https://webmail.pas.earthlink.net/wam/addme?a=tune4u@earth= link.net&id=1dvfYa3y63NZFpN0">https://webmail.pas.earthlink.n= et/wam/addme?a=tune4u@earthlink.net&id=1dvfYa3y63NZFpN0</A>= <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>