I thought it was an MVS reincarnation…

On Jan 28, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Kurt H Maier <khm-9@intma.in> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:13:28AM +0000, Unknown wrote:
>> My route here was: when my ISP said I'd have to buy W95, because Win3
>> wasn't good enough any more, I said screw-you and found linux and ETHO
>> [the single fd0, full OS & inet suite].
>
> Let me start out by saying I love this message.  I thought fakeposting
> had died, but clearly there are still some practitioners out there.
> Here are a few hints:
>
> - Nobody's ISP tells them what OS to run, even back in 1995.  This
> excessive detail deprives your message of the credibility it deserves.
>
> - dog@gmail.com is not valid -- gmail requires at least six characters
> in the username field; you had to know someone would notice this.  Next
> time, register a better throwaway address.  Mailinator has lots of
> legit-sounding domains to choose from.
>
> - The message seems to have shot its whole magazine in the first
> engagement.  Spread it out over a few more messages, so people get
> engaged in the discussion before they realize it's a fakepost.
>
> Don't get discouraged!  This is good work, and with practice, you'll be
> tearing up mailing lists for years to come.
>
> Thanks,
> Kurt
>

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