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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
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Subject: Re: Bandwidth Wasters Hall of Fame for alt.aquaria
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Date: 28 Sep 89 15:37:24 GMT
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In article <13849@well.UUCP> xanthian@well.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>In article <20142@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>>In article <13760@well.UUCP> xanthian@well.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>>>
>>>                         BANDWIDTH WASTERS HALL OF FAME
>>
>>If anybody finds this mildy annoyingm I suggest you drop a line to
>>``xanthian@well'' expressing your delight upon finding such useless
>>For best results, send a cc: to ``root@well''
>
>[...] much more rapidly to the interested party by doing the job right.
>		postmaster@well.sf.ca.us
>		dhawk@well.sf.ca.us
>Tell him xanthian sent you.

Except for one thing:

    From: apple!well!xanthian@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Kent Paul Dolan)
    Message-Id: <8909280657.AA26622@well.sf.ca.us>
    To: bph@buengc.BU.EDU, apple!well!xanthian@ames.arc.nasa.gov
    Subject: Re: Bandwidth Wasters Hall of Fame for comp.lang.c

    The sum total of the "censure" to which my account has been subject:
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Kent, I'm logging out, so take it easy on the net tonight.  I don't
    | want the WELL to get too much attention all at one time.  Space it
    | out, please.
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Kent, the man from xanth, now just another echo from The Well.

Indicates that you're not exactly their favorite kid.  I wonder how
much they'd enjoy a _real_ letter-writing campaign, each one with
magabytes of your wastrel postings and verbal abscesses appended for
evidence.

I don't suppose you'd be appreciative of it, either.

				--Blair
				  "Now just what was that
				   FAX number, again?"