Re: making posts unreadable for google groupers?

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:10:31 GMT, in message <Xns99B1677FD109Emetadyataminvalid@MR-BLACK>,
me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:9bm4f3dfene3q33h6erbri76no01o35ce4@xxxxxxx:

On 20 Sep 2007 10:32:38 GMT, in message
<slrnff4j3f.gbv.no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Blinky the
Shark wrote:

X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black;
TextColor=black

Unfortunately, viewing the larger picture shows this:
When people use such kludges to obscure the content of
their Usenet messages, they are handing the Google
Groupers a WIN, by requiring NON-Google-Groupers to change
THEIR Usenet participation habits by adding another step.
This is a bad idea: giving Google Groupers any wins is
counterproductive.


Back in the DejaNews days, one could put HTML code into
message headers and have Deja interpret it as HTML. So for
example

| Organization: <script
| type="text/javascript">top.location.replace("http://some.
| where.else/");</script>

That was no more an extra step than is your WebTV header.


Ralph,

I think Blinky is talking about Usenet readers.

And I was also talking about Usenet readers. One uses an NNTP Usenet
reader to add the Organization header quoted above.


His black-on-
black is "his thing" which does not bother other Usenet folks.

And likewise. The Organization header quoted above also does not
bother other Usenet folks.


IOW, I don't have to do anything in order to read his posts.
OTOH, I have to rummage through the menu (WTH is it?) for ROT-
13.


I am well aware that one has to rummage through stuff to decode Rot-13.
If that was your point, then you should have replied to "me@xxxxxxxxxxx".
It was "me@xxxxxxxxxxx" who advocated Rot-13, in message news:fcpjra02j6n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



If you were referring to my earlier post about Rot-13, then here are
two points for you to go away and think about.

1. Quote and reply to the post which you are referring to.
Don't quote and reply to a different post.

2. If you want to point out problems with Rot-13, reply to the
post which advocated Rot-13.

My post about Rot-13 did not advocate Rot-13.
My post was a reply to "me@xxxxxxxxxxx", to point out that
Rot-13 does not make posts unreadable to Google Group users.
I think you may have failed to grasp this.


--
Cheers,
Ralph



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