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

No trick intended. 'Using you' had never crossed my mind.

> Here, the followup-to is obvious:
>
> http://hostphotofree.com/?bookmark=13789
>
> ...but my preview pane doesn't display that:
>
> http://hostphotofree.com/?bookmark=13790

I've got a problem here - they look like identical images to me.

>>>> 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.

I once thought they told the truth. I now know that they can be easily
manipulated by those who wish to do so. I didn't know anything about
headers until 5 years ago!

>>> 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,

Thank you. It is sincere.

> 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

Of course not! Apart from the very serious undertone of scorched-earth,
90% of posts should be about fun and entertainment. In 'aps' I hope that
the technical guys can keep me on a reasonable path!