"~BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
news:Zq-dndhRzplmkjLRnZ2dnUVZ8qudnZ2d@bt.com...
> 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

Okay, so that might have misled you - once again, the benefit of the
doubt goes to you, but I realize that Peter may not have been expecting
*me* to add a crosspost, and that you were "using me" to perhaps trick
him.

Here, the followup-to is obvious:

http://hostphotofree.com/?bookmark=13789

....but my preview pane doesn't display that:

http://hostphotofree.com/?bookmark=13790

>>> 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
> Lines: 22
> Message-ID:
> <639f4899-1314-47ca-86b8-a7c55883f375@30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>

Headers are one thing, but how a client interprets them and reacts to
them varies.

>> 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.

I accept your apology, and want to note that I have nothing against the
good people in a.p.s. (even the ones with the shiny hats).

> 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!

*Nobody* is safe from a little leg pulling. D