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Sun Jan 20 14:08:41 UTC 2013

I think said person sends everyone that responds an email with nothing but
names and swearing I too received one off list.

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi :)
> Ok, so hopefully when they reply to this email the instructions might get
> sent directly to them.  Ideally the person might manage to replace the
> subject-line with the word "help" and i'm even going to put it on a line of
> it's own to make it even easier for them to copy.
> help
>
> It is very easy to follow the instructions in the link given many times
> already but apparently it's more fun to just write swear words even though
> that actually takes longer and is more effort.  If the person is too lazy
> to even try then they are going to have to just find some other way of
> dealing with this.  Normally when someone puts so much effort into avoiding
> taking the suggested advice and refuses to read simple instructions then i
> just give up trying to help.  They will have to find some other way.
>
> I don't even know how to hack into someone's email account or how to spoof
> it to send out messages as though they wrote it themselves but i have a
> feeling that even if any of us knew then doing so could well create more
> problems than it's worth.  When people deliberately  avoid following simple
> instructions you have to wonder what their real mission is.  If they really
> wanted to stop messages from the lists then they would have already stopped
> them themselves.  So, the question is what are they trying to goad us
> into?
>
> The person has already started emailing me off-list with the same
> message.  It somewhat reminds me off an incident in Brighton years ago
> where a drunken chap was following a girl home at around 2am and shouting
> at her constantly demandign that she go away but using much the same
> language as the chap in this thread.  She was going away but he insisted on
> following her.  She looked pretty upset as she passed me and i was able to
> stop him from passing me and i was able to dissuade him from continuing to
> chase her.  However, this time i feel pretty powerless to stop the person
> being so rude to everyone.
>
> I don't understand why people assume that an English speaker is american
> but that is a side issue
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* C B <>
> *To:* Elliot Still <>
> *Cc:* "ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>;
> amberstone <amberstone at hot.pl>
> *Sent:* Sunday, 20 January 2013, 13:20
> *Subject:* Re: Clowns -.-'
>
> I wholeheartedly agree...
> I'm awaiting some important emails, but this is kind-of filling up my
> mailbox...
>
> but a question rises here too,
> how can someone not know english, except for cusswords?
> the polish people I met here (in the netherlands) all speak enough
> english to at least talk about the breakfast they had...
>
> anyways,
>
> in the worst case, could we do an impersonation?
> make an e-mail with the subject "help" and then change the sender to the
> email-adress of our loyal friend...?
>
> // end of the small talk
>
> I am currently not able to access the internet, so I can't start a
> conversation in polish with help of google translate.
> but if it's all the same to you guys, I could give my German a try, or
> maybe even Dutch...
>
> What you say?
> or has someone tried already?
>
> Greetings,
> Cornelis
>
> On Sun, 2013-01-20 at 12:11 +0000, Elliot Still wrote:
> > Guys, I am personally sick of this. What is going on?
> >
> >
> > Elliot Still
> >
> > On 20 Jan 2013, at 12:09, amberstone <amberstone at hot.pl> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > FUCK OF AMERICAN CLOWN! !!!!!!! with your spam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent from Sony-Ericson
> > > ubuntu-doc-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> > > Send ubuntu-doc mailing list submissions to
> > > ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
> > >
> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-doc
> > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> > > ubuntu-doc-request at lists.ubuntu.com
> > >
> > > You can reach the person managing the list at
> > > ubuntu-doc-owner at lists.ubuntu.com
> > >
> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> > > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-doc digest..."
> > >
> > >
> > > Today's Topics:
> > >
> > >    1. Re: HowTo unsubscribe but in Polish? (Wesley Schwengle)
> > >
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 08:34:23 +0100
> > > From: Wesley Schwengle <wesley at schwengle.net>
> > > To: Alex Wauck <alex.wauck at gmail.com>, Ubuntu Documentation Project
> > > <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > > Subject: Re: HowTo unsubscribe but in Polish?
> > > Message-ID: <0ac01522-a645-4600-9c58-106d12ab0773 at email.android.com>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> > >
> > > Alex Wauck <alex.wauck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I would say that there's no excuse for this in the age of Google
> > > >Translate,
> > > >but from what I've heard, machine translation has extra trouble
> > > with
> > > >Polish, producing the most some of the most mind-bendingly
> > > >incomprehensible
> > > >gibberish known to man.  Maybe unsubscribe information is something
> > > the
> > > >translators should really focus on?  It's not a whole lot of text,
> > > but
> > > >getting it right could make a huge difference.
> > > >
> > > >Alex
> > > >On Jan 19, 2013 6:06 PM, "Tom Davies" <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hi :)
> > > >> I'm not sure if this helps
> > > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-pl
> > > >>
> > > >> The problem is how someone that can't speak English managed to
> > > >> accidentally subscribe themselves and more importantly how to
> > > >unsubscribe
> > > >> them.
> > > >> Regards from
> > > >> Tom :)
> > > >>
> > > >>  ------------------------------
> > > >> *From:* Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > > >> *To:* amberstone <amberstone at hot.pl>;
> > > "ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com" <
> > > >> ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > > >> *Sent:* Saturday, 19 January 2013, 23:59
> > > >> *Subject:* Re: ubuntu-doc Digest, Vol 100, Issue 8
> > > >>
> > > >> Hi :)
> > > >> Does anyone know the Polish language version of the unsubscribe
> > > page?
> > > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-doc
> > > >> Regards from
> > > >> Tom :)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>  ------------------------------
> > > >> *From:* Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > > >> *To:* amberstone <amberstone at hot.pl>;
> > > "ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com" <
> > > >> ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > > >> *Sent:* Saturday, 19 January 2013, 23:41
> > > >> *Subject:* Re: ubuntu-doc Digest, Vol 100, Issue 8
> > > >>
> > > >> Hi :)
> > > >> If you wish to stop the messages please visit this website and
> > > >unsubscribe
> > > >> yourself
> > > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-doc
> > > >>
> > > >> Lists try to remain "family friendly" and although many kids know
> > > >more
> > > >> swear words than their elders it often worries their parents if
> > > they
> > > >see
> > > >> such things.  So, please tone down the language.
> > > >> Regards from
> > > >> Tom :)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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> > > There is something available, however, ubuntu-docs is only available
> > > in English and French... Perhaps more languages should be enabled.
> > >
> > >
> https://translations.launchpad.net/mailman/3.0/+pots/mailman/pl/+translate
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> > > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
> > >
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