Most Inadvertently 'Flamed' someone in PUBLIC when my comment should
have gone via email.
It was a response to a non-kernel question that suggested the user try
another newsgroup. I also advised the sender that their ISP
(GeoCities) seems to be a source of a lot of SPAM of late. Now that was
NOT meant to say that the original message was SPAM, just to advise the
person they might want a more 'ethical' ISP.
I know very well that this newsgroup does not condone such comments in
public, holding anyone up to public ridicule (except Prof I Lirpa and
his minions), and tries to help off-topic questions with private email
replies only, so as to not encourage off-topic questions here.
I was mortified to see my message show up last night, 4 days after
originally sent.
Regards,
George Byrkit