the trolliam posted:

In a reply to an e-mail I received from a reader of this group, I wrote the
following:

I have been a user of newsgroups since early 1991. Most users today are not
aware there was an internet then! We did not have Netscape, Internet
Explorer and Mozilla then. We relied on many other means to access the
internet. At that time, as is customary today, binary files continue to be
posted in many usegroups. Just because I was new to this paticular group, I
was hammered because I posted a genuine post asking for some help. What did
I get besides flames? There are some who replied to my question without
showing their bottom side and to them I give many thanks.

The usegroups are free for all to use and under the control of no one
individual or group of people. It was devised to operate in this manner to
prevent the very thing that happened to me from happening! Those guys are
just showing their true colors and I now realize they are to be ignored and
placed on the refuge heap with their comments!

Thanks,

Trent

KR4UW

And this is my last post dealing with this issue. My stance remains as it
was then and is now, the same!

"Ed Price" wrote in message
news:iLVKd.14$xt.7@fed1read07...

"Trent Hancock" wrote in message
ink.net...
My problem with the whole mess was this: I had no idea this was an all
text,
no binary format news group. No where was this written or explained.
Another
fact is: there are other pics listed in this group, but no nasty
messages
posted to them.

As it appeared to me at the time, I had invaded a good old boys plot of
turf
and was being told I was not welcome. I have been a user of the Usenet
system for years and have never been treated as I have been on this net.
Does not say much for the users of this group.


I'm not playing net-cop so much as logic enforcer. My News server trimmed
your attachment before I ever saw anything, so it's nothing to me.

However, YOU have a few problems, and they could be illuminated just by
you
reading your own postings. You claim to be a long-term Usenet user, yet
you
jump in and post a binary to a non-binary group. This is equivalent to
transmitting before checking the frequency. Doesn't say much for your
courtesy, experience or common sense.

But your real problem is humility; you just can't say something simple
like
"oops, sorry". No, you have to hang in there and chew it death. And all
the
while, new issues keep being added and the hostility level is ratcheting
up,
and you're just displaying what an ass you are.

This isn't a good ol' boy issue; it's simply that this group doesn't
easily
suffer the rude, ignorant, profane and hostile.

Ed
wb6wsn


It's too bad you learned nothing. Top posting is still not the preferred
method to use. But then, the troll in your name says it all, I guess.

In my opinion you are being unnecessarily belligerent and you will continue to
be met in kind .