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matrobriva wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> [Posted & mailed]
>> matrobriva wrote in comp.lang.php:
>>> [Sharetext at http://[…].altervista.org]
>>
>> Neither your From header field value or signature (both of which are
>> lacking a real name, so your credentials could be checked), the server
>> you use to post to Usenet (which is notorious for all kinds of network
>> abuse), or the domain name it is available at does instill confidence
>> that this is anything but a scam, that the URL you posted is worth using
>> and there is no potentially harmful content there.
>>
>> Besides, your approach appears to be lacking proper research and a
>> business case.  There are several such services established already, so
>> why support or use yours instead?  I think there is enough text in your
>> posting to raise suspicion, and too little information to convince
>> anyone.  It is certainly insufficient to convince me, and I am a strong
>> supporter of Free Software. But you go about this the wrong way.
> 
> Hello Thomas.

Hello.  Here is public Network News; private e-mail is elsewhere.  You 
should learn to make the distinction.

> I'm sorry you could not verify my identity.
> Generally I use the server news.linuxfan.net, where I am registered
> with my name, this morning I mistakenly posted
> the message with aioe.

You are using another server now (which shows promise despite the 
unnecessary full quote that you posted), but I can still see no real name 
anywhere.

If you want people to trust you, you will have to earn that trust first.  
Basic politeness, which includes introducing yourself with your real name is 
certainly a step in that direction.

> If you do a search on my e-mail on a search engine
> and then translate the results from Italian,

You cannot be serious.

> you can easily understand that I'm not spammer and that Sharetext is a
> project of mine.

I can see that I did not make myself clear enough; the message obviously did 
not get through to you.

I did not write "spam"; I wrote _scam_, as in "fraud".  In a non-commercial 
project, and especially in a Free Software project, you do not ask for 
people's CVs in advance, and you do not use suspicious domains.  You would 
set up a public repository at an established well-known domain, like 
sourceforge.net or github.com (which provide their services for free), 
publish the URL of the repository and give the people who request it (the 
equivalent of) write access.  Then you would judge people primarily by their 
contributions, not their history.

If any personal history would be relevant, it would be the community 
projects they have been working on, which, if important enough, would easily 
show up in a web/repository search.  And, coming full circle here, this is 
also why *your* real name is important.

A showcase on how to start a successful Free Software project with a posting 
on Usenet certainly is the Linux kernel.  Go search it.

> I didn't found online services that offer the same services that offer
> Sharetext.

Sorry, but you will have to do your homework on your own.
 
> Greetings and sorry for my English (i think this is the most important
> problem).

Yes, English is the /lingua franca/ of software development and of the Free 
Software community.  Problems expressing yourself in it (not: being perfect 
in it) are certainly a disadvantage when addressing and writing for that 
global community.


HTH

PointedEars
-- 
var bugRiddenCrashPronePieceOfJunk = (
    navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 5') != -1
    && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') != -1
)  // Plone, register_function.js:16

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Sharetext matrobriva <matrobriva@libero.it> - 2012-03-24 10:14 +0000
  Re: Sharetext Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-03-24 11:48 +0100
    Re: Sharetext Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-03-24 06:57 -0700
    Re: Sharetext matrobriva <matrobriva@libero.it> - 2012-03-24 15:07 +0100
      Re: Sharetext Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-03-24 23:29 +0100
        Re: Sharetext matrobriva <matrobriva@libero.it> - 2012-03-25 20:12 +0200
          Re: Sharetext Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-03-25 21:55 +0200
            Re: Sharetext Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-03-25 22:00 -0700
              Re: Sharetext Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-26 07:35 -0400
                Re: Sharetext "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-03-26 15:42 +0200
                Re: Sharetext Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-26 10:28 -0400
              Re: Sharetext Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-03-26 17:24 +0200
      Re: Sharetext Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-24 18:44 -0400
        trolling [was: Re: Sharetext] Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-03-25 08:29 +0200
          Re: trolling [was: Re: Sharetext] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-25 11:57 +0100
          Re: trolling [was: Re: Sharetext] Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-25 08:32 -0400
    Re: Sharetext Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-24 10:07 -0400
      Re: Sharetext matrobriva <matrobriva@libero.it> - 2012-03-24 15:33 +0100

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