FromTheRafters wrote:
> "~BD~"<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
> news:eZGdnUIuJ6XjIjPRnZ2dnUVZ8kadnZ2d@bt.com...
>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>>> "~BD~"<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>>> news:yPednYdgGaVQpDPRnZ2dnUVZ8hidnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>
>>> If you want to add a crosspost, do it yourself - please do not
>>> attempt
>>> to make it look like *I* added it.
>>>
>>> I resent your use of "Followup-to:" to make me look like a troll.
>>
>> Your comment concerns me.
>>
>> Again, I do not understand what you are inferring.
>
> I imply, you infer. )

Oh Sh*t!

>> AFAICR, the only times I've attempted to use "Follow-up" is when
>> posting from Google Groups (when my posting name is BoaterDave in
>> full). I've not explored how to do so in SeaMonkey - although I do
>> sometimes add another newsgroup in my address bar before I post.
>
> It was, indeed, the BoaterDave nym.
>
>> When I did do so, RonNNN chastised me for my action, so I avoid using
>> the facility.
>
> So, should I believe that you *accidently* added a.p.s. newsgroup?
>
> What, your finger slipped? )

Hahaha! No, no accident. I *should have said *usually* avoid. You *must*
know by now that *everything* I do on-line is deliberate (but sometimes
I do not appreciate the consequences of my actions!)

I wanted Peter Foldes to explain himself in front of those folk who
would recognise that he was lying (without him noticing). It appears
that I was successful!

>> I had/have no wish or desire to make you look like a troll, FTR.

I'll say that again. I did *not* intend that you, FTR, should appear to
be a troll. When I reviewed the result in SeaMonkey, the post did appear
somewhat odd, but I didn't realise why. This is how it looked here:
http://i52.tinypic.com/iwhm2r.jpg

>> You will have to explain in more detail if you want me to recognise
>> what you are annoyed about. Regardless, I'm sorry if I have
>> unwittingly upset you.
>
> If you look at the thread, and try to determine who initiated the
> "unnecessary" crosspost to "alt.privacy.spyware" it will appear to the
> uninitiated that it was *I* that did so. Those that understand how
> Usenet works *can* investigate further to see the post I was responding
> to had the line "Followup-To: alt.politics.scorched-earth,
> alt.privacy.spyware" in the header.

I've got it!

From: BoaterDave <BoaterDave@hotmail.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.scorched-earth
Subject: Re: What's so special about a single word?
Followup-To: alt.politics.scorched-earth, alt.privacy.spyware
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:05:42 -0700 (PDT)
Organization: http://groups.google.com
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Message-ID:
<639f4899-1314-47ca-86b8-a7c55883f375@30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>

> If you want to act like a troll, that is your prerogative. To add the
> crosspost in a manner that makes someone else look like a troll is also
> your prerogative, but I would hope that you wouldn't want to discourage
> *me* from continuing to engage you in conversation, as I have been
> generally civil towards you despite the fact that people I trust, wish
> that I would not respond to you at all, ever.

I apologise for doing something which appeared to put you at fault. I'm
sorry. It really wasn't intended to be that way.

You have been extremely helpful to me over the years and I do *not* want
to discourage you from engaging in conversation! I know you pull my leg
from time-to-time, but that's part of the fun of participating in
newsgroups!