[HPforGrownups] Re: ADMIN: Rudeness and Insults, again

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 120263

Geoff said:

>Looking at it within the context of HPFGU and also of another Usenet
>group to which I belong, some of it has been "trolling", making
>controversial and confrontational statements in order to provoke a
>flame war. My Usenet group has adopted the catchphrase "Please don't
>feed the trolls", i.e. in such a situation, do not reply. If the
>instigator of such mischief is ignored, then hopefully he or she will
>either go away to bother somebody else or adopt a more amenable
>approach.

You know, that's what I thought too, and I solved the problem by using my 
"Block Sender" option.  I'm surprised more people didn't think of such a 
simple solution.


Janet Anderson