Has anyone heard of...?

After bouncing around various newsreaders that ceased operations, I started using Google Groups (partially to irritate Lipton). Then last week for a c ouple of days GG wasn't completing posts. So I used my Optonline/Cablevisio n account & Windows Mail to post a couple notes here. On one I missed that my email sig was attached by mail (with office phone number listed). So a day or two later I'm in office, and I get a call. "This (someone) from Montesquieu. You've been referred to me as someone who likes wine. So, tel l me, do you like the red or the white?" I said "generally the purple" and hung up. I don't think anyone here is likely to buy from hard pressure telemarketers , but for the record Montesquieu (formerly Gerhardt) is pretty infamous for buying cheap private label stuff and passing off as the cult wine you've n ever heard of. I can't say for certain it was posting here that did it, but pretty strong coincidence that within a couple days I get a call at office- first cold ca ll here in a decade.

Eek! Sorry to hear that, Dale. That's a lot of grief simply to irritate me ;-)

Mark Lipton (T'bird still works for me in a generic mail/news kinda sense)

Presumably unrelated to Domaine Montesquiou in Jurançon, who make excellent wines - well at least one of them was pretty good.

Steve

Sorry about that Dale, just remember that Thunderbird not only works fine as a newsreader it has a solid wine connection. Who can forget "Thunderbird on the rocks?!"?

rted using Google Groups (partially to irritate Lipton). Then last week for a couple of days GG wasn't completing posts. So I used my Optonline/Cablev ision account & Windows Mail to post a couple notes here. On one I missed t hat my email sig was attached by mail (with office phone number listed).

from Montesquieu. You've been referred to me as someone who likes wine. So, tell me, do you like the red or the white?"

ters, but for the record Montesquieu (formerly Gerhardt) is pretty infamous for buying cheap private label stuff and passing off as the cult wine you' ve never heard of.

ong coincidence that within a couple days I get a call at office- first col d call here in a decade.

I use nntp.aloe.org as the way to get from Thunderbird to the newsgroup but sometimes the connection is refused.

I use news.aioe.org. Never had a problem!