From: fbkotler@nospicedham.myfairpoint.net   
      
   Terje Mathisen wrote:   
   > Frank Kotler wrote:   
   >> Frank Kotler wrote:   
   >>   
   >> ...   
   >>> I'll see of I can fish the headers out of the bin and post 'em up here   
   >>> for you to pore over to your heart's content. Perhaps you think it's   
   >>> on topic if the right person wrote it.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Okay, here ya go... This is the "offending" message:   
   >   
   > OK, I think we might have to give him the benefit of doubt here: The   
   > supposed forgery show clear signs of coming from a host in the EU, while   
   > his apology have very different headers. The problem is of course that   
   > there is no easy way to determine which is which except by examining all   
   > those headers, and we would still face the risk of another return to his   
   > old/bad behavior.   
   >   
   > I'll leave it up to you, but if you would like to do without the   
   > additional manual work, just leave him on the black list.   
   >   
   > Terje   
      
   Hi Terje,   
      
   There is no "blacklist", only a whitelist or not on the whitelist. Rick   
   specifically asked me, in private mail, to remove him from the   
   whitelist. By coincidence, I had just done that when I read his mail. He   
   remains off the whitelist, but he is not "banned". If he post something   
   on topic - which he often does - I will approve it. If you guys really   
   want to continue this thread, I may allow him to defend himself.   
      
   I do not know Rick, but I have "e-known" him for a long time. He appears   
   to me to be a nice, helpful guy. Yeah, he's "got religion" lately. Some   
   time ago, he posted here on that topic. I took him off the whitelist and   
   had some conversation with him in private mail. After a few on topic   
   posts, I put him back on the whitelist. He has cooperated by posting   
   only on topic material... until this "eternity" post. This is why,   
   without looking at the headers, I believe him when he says he didn't   
   write it. I'm not sure that there is any "bad behavior"...here.   
      
   Rick has made some off topic posts to a.o.d. There are also posts from   
   "rickchodgininjesus@..." - I've rejected dozens of them here. Is it   
   Rick's off topic posts, or Rick's off topic posts plus many off topic   
   replies to Rick's posts which have "ruined a.o.d."? Think about it. This   
   is what I'm trying to avoid here. It looks like a.o.d. may be quieting   
   down and getting back to OS development. I wish them luck. I wish us luck.   
      
   Best,   
   Frank   
      
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