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Subject: alt.syntax.tactical FAQ - Dealing with Trolls Crossposting and Flames Rev 960710
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Summary: This posting describes how to deal with trolls, crossposts and flames
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Greetings and Salutations:

This FAQ is about crossposts, troll and flames, and what to do about them.

Table of contents to this FAQ:

   o   Introduction
          o Introducing the alt.syntax.tactical group
   o   Defining troll, flames and crossposts
   o   What to do
          o E-Mailing
          o Killfiles
   o   A description of the alt.syntax.tactical crew
   o The alt.syntax.tactical FAQ - Know your opponents


Introduction
============================================
The latest & greatest version of this FAQ will be found at one of the following:
http://digital.net/~gandalf/trollfaq.html
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.syntax.tactical/

PLEASE email follow-ups, additions / changes to gandalf@digital.net, My
news source is OK, but I sometimes miss items.

Introducing the alt.syntax.tactical group
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The alt.syntax.tactical crew (of which I am definitely not a member of and
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