XPost: comp.programming 
 From: saint_abroadremove@removehotmail.com 
  
 Thomas G. Marshall wrote: 
 > Trevor Hemsley coughed up the following: 
 >> "Thomas G. Marshall" wrote: 
 >> 
 >>>I get the suspicion that people are thinking of this as a continual 
 >>>posting of blocked messages, when it's not---it would be rare, only 
 >>>when the troll attempts a direct reply to someone who has plonked 
 >>>him. 
 >> 
 >>But since a troll's usual purpose in a group is to disrupt it, you're 
 >>really playing right into their hands. You'll never see any of their 
 >>replies so they could post 100's of them without you knowing 
 > 
 > Huh?  No, I'd see my automated reply. 
  
 Would you be able to plonk those? I find automated replies annoying, 
 even if I knew they were mine. 
  
 It just seems like another way for the troll to get to you. Getting the 
 last word really isn't that important, killfile the trolls and move on. 
  
 -- 
 Ben M. 
  
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