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bullshark - 29 Jun 2004 15:55 GMT
Like I said, scubadiving.com was getting pretty tired, so I had
to do something about it.

Check it out...

Don't you wish *you* were cool enough to have a Google gmail account?
If you email me, I might tell you how I got that cool.
BUT:
1) Don't mess with the subject line
2) Don't even ask me to unmunge your reply-to, because I wont.

With a gig of storage on someone elses nickel, google geniuses handling
all the spam and viruses, I won't have to resort to cheezy half-baked
address munging in my usenet conversations. Ever.

You might want to consider this option. Munged reply-to's are an
abomination to usenet and NNTP integrity, nevermind that they irritate
the hell out of anyone trying to provide a personal reply.

This is the reason I did not mark this as OT. I think finding ways
to handle and defeat Newsgroup spammers and viruses is very much
on-topic. I thought that some of you may not have considered GMail
as a solution to this particular problem.

It is bar-none, the coolest webmail interface that I have ever seen.
I like it so much, that I wish I had a local client that worked the
same way.

I don't think I'll have to worry about this host going away any time
soon.

safe diving,
chilly - 29 Jun 2004 16:32 GMT
Are you reading rec.scuba over Google also?

It's almost a day late all the time.  But if a person doesn't care about
that, it's no biggie.

> Like I said, scubadiving.com was getting pretty tired, so I had
> to do something about it.
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>
> safe diving,
bullshark - 29 Jun 2004 17:11 GMT
>Are you reading rec.scuba over Google also?

Absolutely not, that's for compu-strokes like feesh (c:
The main reason is that I would have to post using a google id and
a web editor and I pretty much hate all that gick, but it raised a
question I hadn't considered: Does my gmail account automatically
identify me to google for NG posts? YES, it does., so thanks for
that.

>It's almost a day late all the time.  But if a person doesn't care about
>that, it's no biggie.

If you are asking if gmail has day long delays for email delivery, it doesn't,
and likely never will. NNTP and the job they do with it is a whole different
kettle of fish from little old emails.

In trials so far, it has the fastest availability of any address I have.

safe diving,

bullshark
chilly - 29 Jun 2004 18:36 GMT
> If you are asking if gmail has day long delays for email delivery, it doesn't,
> and likely never will. NNTP and the job they do with it is a whole different
> kettle of fish from little old emails.

No, I just meant the newsreader side.

> In trials so far, it has the fastest availability of any address I have.

Well, good on ya then.  :^)
TonyP - 29 Jun 2004 17:38 GMT
Ok... how.
And thanks. I have read about Google doing something like this, but
didn't know when it would be in effect.
I would like to be "cool" too. And not from diving here in NY.

> Like I said, scubadiving.com was getting pretty tired, so I had
> to do something about it.
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>
> safe diving,
JF - 29 Jun 2004 22:14 GMT
>Like I said, scubadiving.com was getting pretty tired, so I had
>to do something about it.
>
>Check it out...

Nice guy! Pull strings and then gloat.   8)

JF
Scott - 30 Jun 2004 01:29 GMT
> Don't you wish *you* were cool enough to have a Google gmail account?

Thanks for the tip, I can now unload yahoo.
bullshark - 30 Jun 2004 02:05 GMT
Yeah man, I dig the new handle---------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I like it. You must be *very* cool... (c:

Topposting just this once,

bullshark

>> Don't you wish *you* were cool enough to have a Google gmail account?
>
>Thanks for the tip, I can now unload yahoo.
Scott - 30 Jun 2004 03:15 GMT
> Yeah man, I dig the new handle---------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> I like it. You must be *very* cool... (c:

Mr. Ice.

> Topposting just this once,

You Florida gents aint lived until you have dove Puget Sound in the winter.

There is a reason, other than geography, why we like it here.

Scott
bullshark - 30 Jun 2004 04:14 GMT
>You Florida gents aint lived until you have dove Puget Sound in the winter.
>There is a reason, other than geography, why we like it here.

Yeah, I know. They have good coffee. I lived there for a few years
down Portland way. I was sensible though. I stayed on top of the
water.

safe diving,

bullshark
Scott - 30 Jun 2004 12:48 GMT
> >You Florida gents aint lived until you have dove Puget Sound in the winter.
> >There is a reason, other than geography, why we like it here.
>
> Yeah, I know. They have good coffee. I lived there for a few years
> down Portland way. I was sensible though. I stayed on top of the
> water.

If you live in Portland, you have to come up here to dive.
Dennis \(Icarus\) - 30 Jun 2004 12:56 GMT
> > On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:15:58 -0700, "Scott" <pugetsounddiver@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>
> If you live in Portland, you have to come up here to dive.

I'm pretty sure he's currently in Florida.

Dennis
Scott - 30 Jun 2004 12:59 GMT
> > If you live in Portland, you have to come up here to dive.
>
> I'm pretty sure he's currently in Florida.

We are certain of that, aren't we.
Dennis \(Icarus\) - 30 Jun 2004 10:22 GMT
> > On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:29:48 -0700, "Scott" <pugetsounddiver@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>
> There is a reason, other than geography, why we like it here.

Its too cold for northeastern yankees, so you don t have them infesting your
area each winter?

Dennis

> Scott
Scott - 30 Jun 2004 12:48 GMT
> > You Florida gents aint lived until you have dove Puget Sound in the
> winter.
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> Its too cold for northeastern yankees, so you don t have them infesting your
> area each winter?

That is certainly one reason.
mike gray - 30 Jun 2004 13:43 GMT
> You Florida gents aint lived until you have dove Puget Sound in the winter.
>
> There is a reason, other than geography, why we like it here.

I don't think Puget Sound is divable in the summer.

I know Puget Sound is not divable in the winter!
Grumman-581 - 15 Jul 2004 13:38 GMT
> You Florida gents aint lived until you have dove Puget Sound in the winter.
>
> There is a reason, other than geography, why we like it here.
>
> Scott

Because you like freezing your butts off?
 
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