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Re: Missing Person.

Subject Re: Missing Person.
Newsgroups alt.usage.english, rec.arts.sf.written
References <11b6dn0$2ig4h$1@dont-email.me> <11b869p$36ie6$2@dont-email.me> <6ADA3992.54F3@ix.netcom.com> <11bds8p$16llb$2@dont-email.me> <11be028$18eof$1@dont-email.me>
From Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid>
Organization Watcom Pro Ltd.
Message-ID <VXzCS.3$jv18.1@fx14.ams4> (permalink)
Date 2026-10-23 10:50 +0800

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On 10/23/2026 5:43 AM, bliss wrote:
> On 10/22/26 13:38, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>> On 10/22/2026 12:28 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
>>> Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 10/19/2026 8:46 PM, Titus G wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone have any information regarding Paul S. Person's absence?
>>>>> Perhaps he is indisposed or maybe worse?
>>>>
>>>> Sadly, if someone posts under a pseudonym, there's very little
>>>> we can do to follow up.
>>>>
>>>> I've seen dozens of 'regulars' vanish from this group. In a
>>>> some cases, they're active under the same name elsewhere, but
>>>> often there's no trace.
>>>>
>>>> pt
>>>
>>> He hasn't posted the last 30 days and yous are frighten the end of
>>> Usenet?
>>>
>>>
>>> When you PLONK everybody...there's no one left in your pool to be seen.
>>
>> I have never 'plonked' anyone.
>>
>> However, there are many who I don't feel are often worth responding to.
>>
>> pt
> 
>      Maybe he is traveling or has gotten sick of the
> ignorant stuff people were writing.  AS well as the
> Trollish cross-postings
>      I will plonk but my filters are reduced because
> I had a problem and had to rename my old Thunderbird
> directory then mine it with Betterbird very carefully to
> get the new installation working...
> Then I copied the stuff from Betterbird to backups which
> I load in Thunderbird.  The old profile was fubar so
> I could not load it into the Thunderbird directly
> without the risk of messing up the fresh install.
>      Not a procedure I would wish on anyone
> else but someone who might be doing horrible
> things otherwise.  I might have been cooking something
> if I had not spent yesterday evening working on
> this stuff.
> 
>      bliss

I've had similar kind of B.S. with Thunderbird.  It's why I'm now feel-
ing embarrassed when I remember I donated money to its development.

Anyway, the move forward for me is to get rid of the Thunderbird.  I
wish you happy Usenet clients!
-- 
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Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-22 09:28 -0700
  Re: Missing Person. Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 16:38 -0400
    Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-22 14:16 -0700
    Re: Missing Person. bliss <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-10-22 14:43 -0700
      Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-22 16:57 -0700
        Re: Missing Person. Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-22 18:26 -0600
          Re: Missing Person. bliss <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-10-22 21:09 -0700
            Re: Missing Person. Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-23 19:00 +0800
          Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-22 21:49 -0700
            Re: Missing Person. Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-23 12:33 -0600
              Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-23 13:34 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-23 14:36 -0600
                Re: Missing Person. Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-24 05:03 +0800
                Re: Missing Person. bliss <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-10-23 18:21 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-10-24 14:59 +1300
                Re: Missing Person. Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-24 15:10 +0800
                Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-23 13:46 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-10-23 23:20 -0400
                Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-26 08:41 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-26 12:32 -0600
                Re: Missing Person. bliss <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-10-26 11:50 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-10-26 15:33 -0400
                Re: Missing Person. Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-26 18:05 -0600
                Re: Missing Person. Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-10-27 08:35 +1300
                Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-26 17:14 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-26 17:29 -0700
                Re: Missing Person. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-26 22:50 -0700
      Re: Missing Person. Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-23 10:50 +0800
    Re: Missing Person. Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-10-23 15:02 +1300
      Re: Missing Person. Don <g@crcomp.net> - 2026-10-23 05:23 +0000
        Re: Missing Person. Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-10-23 18:44 +1300
        Re: Missing Person. Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-23 18:45 +0800
      Re: Missing Person. ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-10-23 10:35 +0000
    Re: Missing Person. "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-26 17:12 +0000
      Re: Missing Person. bliss <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-10-26 11:51 -0700

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