I'm not showing all headers, but bodies - and the headers you do see
- are complete. Don't miss the equal lack of clues in the Subject headers. Emphasis mine.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:46:52 GMT Message-ID: <MnSOd.5989$bU4.4634@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net> Subject: errors hi i keep getting errors y
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:51:34 GMT Message-ID: <G34Qi.8219$eu2.1743@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net> Subject: michael.rankine hi,.i cannot get onto the internet, michael.rankine
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:16:18 -0600 Message-ID: <471ffc53$0$21257$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net> Subject: errorno.ox800ccc6f send
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:46:20 -0000 Message-ID: <1187383580.505530.281350@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> Organization: http://groups.google.com Subject: remove google Please REMOVE Google from my computer or let me know how. Thank you.
Is he trying to get Google Groups removed, or Google Spyware & Adware removed? We'll never know; he won't be able to find his way back to read the replies asking what he's talking about.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:53:56 GMT From: "Silva Spassova" <stani.spassova@ntlworld.com> Message-ID: <U4vSh.8050$gr2.553@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net> Subject: Antivirus software jh
In the above case I included the From header to show that no, the poster's initials are apparently not "jh".
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:07:00 GMT Message-ID: <UT5ti.380$1G1.219@newsfe2-win.ntli.net> Subject: can i have the internet ? [And there was no body at all.]
I don't know where he plans on keeping it, but he probably won't pass the licensing exam even if he does find the application form.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:04:56 +0100 Subject: [the poster's email address] I cannot access my e-mails an error box keeps appearing. Can you help please? my password is [deleted by Blinky]
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:32:14 GMT Message-ID: <1s88k.223914$yE1.83864@attbi_s21> Subject: i forgot my id and password can you help me Insert a catchy tag line here robin AIM: robin61531 Always have my latest info Want a signature like this?
And, of course, there was no signature.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:35:17 -0700 Message-ID: <1186500917.125877.226660@b79g2000hse.googlegroups.com> Organization: http://groups.google.com Subject: terms of service violation? help! this message came up. what have i done wrong? i have to quote code BXa4yr3n can you clarify the problem please? how long will it take before it comes back on line?
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:16:42 GMT Message-ID:Subject: password forgotten password
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:59:31 GMT Message-ID: <nBQpi.1292$mZ5.1228@newsfe6-win.ntli.net> Subject: internet problems i cant get my internet to work what should i do?
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:02:01 GMT Message-ID: <ZF6rh.10730$pQ3.4179@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net> Subject: i need a email please [And there was no body at all. - Blinky]
Newsgroups: news.software.readers Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:03:25 GMT Message-ID: <Xns970D84BBDA599Pffyicom@207.115.63.158> Organization: Your Company Subject: help help
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:48:12 GMT Message-ID: <waLLf.34697$VV4.434874@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca> Subject: hlp gh na6 my ,rt7yzr yu mipo<hjcxe45ks.
The above user had also posted, five minutes earlier, a message just like the one that precedes her winning entry here - the Subject was "help" and the entire body was "help". This post doesn't go vary far in clearing up the issue introduced in the first one.
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mandrake Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 21:17:25 +0100 Message-ID: <d60dkl$7n9$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk> Subject: help please help
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: 2000/03/06 Message-ID: <D9Vw4.210$Wh1.46@newsfeed.slurp.net> Subject: please no more how can i delet yhis web st form my comtuer
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:15:58 -0000 Message-ID: <1181139358.809803.188820@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com> Organization: http://groups.google.com Subject: i want to join ur group send me any mails regarding desk top
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 20:11:28 GMT Message-ID: <QRI3i.6772$qQ1.5304@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net> Subject: Jilly@InstantWin4now I am fed up with receiving email from these people. I tried to send them an email but as I don't know their address I have a constant error message in my computer. Server error 553 error no. Ox800CCC79. Can you delete this error message from my system. I do not want any more emails from them.
The above is actually readable, but is another posting from NTL where a user thinks Usenet is his ISP and that they can configure his computer. This is pretty much an every day occurrence from NTLers in that group. And they never make any replies to responses to their questions and requests, which is strong evidence that they're unable to find their way back. Notice how many of the Message-ID headers on this page are from NTL.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:00:33 GMT Message-ID: <5Tsye.73$184.47@newsfe2-win.ntli.net> Subject: cant rember password cant rember password
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 16:10:26 GMT Message-ID: <SbS1f.270$967.130@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net> Subject: computerlocked unlock
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:16:58 GMT Message-ID: <K_G0h.14704$j4.12399@newsfe1-win.ntli.net> Subject: error please help this email as gone crazy
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:57:56 GMT Message-ID: <oeQHh.56896$z54.56405@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net> Subject: HELLLLLP HI GUYS HOW DO STOP ALL OR SOME OF MY I-MAILS COMING ON MY COMP
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:00:07 GMT Message-ID: <:bO4ah.3473$tM1.3060@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> Subject: my e_mail i cannot retrive it [The message body was blank. - Blinky]
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:55:17 GMT Message-ID: <9gPOi.8242$8c4.5180@newsfe6-win.ntli.net> Subject: people if any one is in the bournemouth or poole area please contact me direct for advise 07756518900. (if i have broken the rules by putting my number on here please delete)
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: 21 Nov 2005 20:32:39 -0800 Message-ID: <1132633959.874137.152230@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Organization: http://groups.google.com Subject: URGENT RESOLUTION! please:(:( somebody helps me? if yes answer!! please!!
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:09:47 GMT Message-ID: <f3cNh.2396$u03.1829@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net> Subject: Lost my Back and Forward My Back and Forward disappeared on my screen. Help!
Sure, it's in a known language and it's punctuated. But think about how many programs have "back" and "forward" actions that he might be talking about.
Note: I've snipped the assistance that had been offered beneath the following top-posted reply.
Newsgroups: alt.html Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:51:26 +0200 Message-ID: <d7kssk$ke2$1@reader10.wxs.nl> Subject: Re: size of frame rules in table Please stop answering my quetsions. This is useless.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:04:33 -0500 Message-ID: <TBqAh.7439$m7.3980@bignews5.bellsouth.net> Subject: activated. Dear Technical Support, outlook express newsgroup has been activated, thanks.
I've decided that there should be a Dishonorable Mention Category for those who post to Usenet thinking it's email. Here's an example, but note that many of them are actual letters talking about recent vacation travels, giving updates on all the family members, describing recent dating activities, and so on.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:14:53 GMT Message-ID: <NPlti.2588$ka7.2000@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net> Subject: new e-mail hi john as you can see i amnow on the internet and am sending you my e-mail address
We're just warming up. They get better.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:00:05 GMT Message-ID: <VjNai.10363$lz3.3343@newsfe5-win.ntli.net> Subject: hello dear pete & ALISON JAKE we try test to y if y have got recie my letter let me knoe ok love dad mary
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:29:12 GMT Message-ID: <sf3ri.13755$zA4.1500@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> Subject: Reunion Ed, Pls fill me in on the number of attendees so far. Also the names. I need all the positive info I can get to ensure that John O'Mara will consider coming to the reunion. Mary and I are coming to Pitinoville July 31 and staying until Sep. 24. I'd like to get with you for lunch or a visit and discuss our progress. I can't remember wether I gave you my new cell # which I bought in Luavul last spring....502-295-7219. I can't wait to get back North. The weather here in central Fla. is very enervating. Just walk out of your front door and immediately you get a free sauna bath. I t is so hot!!! Ciao, jb
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:07:28 GMT Message-ID: <QZKdj.17593$ov2.13026@newsfe5-win.ntli.net> Subject: volume of speeding traffic(inc HGVs)using Corston Fields lane. this morning between 0730 and 0830,I counted 78 vehicles using the lane,the vast majority using it as a ratrun to avoid traffic delays. on 33 occaisions traffic met oncoming traffic and had to reverse back to let the other vehicles pass,could you give some thought into this problem as there is going to be a inevitable serious accident.maybe the lane could be one-way,or closed accept for access. Yours Paul Williams
I guess he thought he was sending email. Or maybe being on a call-in radio show. Or something else we terrestrials don't know about.
Come to think of it, there's also a need for a Dishonorable Mention Category II for those who post to Usenet thinking it is their ISP.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:53:17 GMT Message-ID: <1Cwgi.5559$ri2.317@newsfe5-win.ntli.net> Subject: my voluntary deb >my name is alan gill 37749 emply/ number.I wish to cancel the payment out of my wage to personal group £12.43.as from now I have Iformed them as well.THANK YOU
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:32:02 -0400 Message-ID: <13b395bfk5v9401@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Question about service Can you tell me if decide to stop my internet service and connect but of course keep the telephone number which I have with Verizon and bridgecom can stop service in both of my office at any time? What is the procedure? My numbers for the ADSL is 9142459061 at 3535 Hill blvd suite P yorktown heights NY 10598 and my other number is 8455280322 at 21 peekskill hollow road suite 201 Putnam Valley NY 10579. I also have a dial up service which I probably will keep with you. If I also decide to stop this service can I do tis at any time. Thank you for your help and kindness Thomas Russo Northern -Westchester Putnam Physical Therapy , P.C.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:10:26 -0000 Message-ID: <1186819826.937622.98650@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> Organization: http://groups.google.com Subject: downloading I sent you a message yesterday about my downloading of google, but as yet I have received no answer. I have downloaded too much with the result that everything I do is too slow. Ineed either to cancel everything or have access to my account to get rid of the things I don't need. Thanks jobabe
That one is a tough call. Did that Google Grouper think he was writing to his ISP or did he think he was writing to Google? Only he knows. Wait. He may not know either.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:54:46 -0500 Message-ID: <13cricmr1vv5c43@corp.supernews.com> Subject: How? Since signing up with Earthlink.net I have not received any email on the Outlook Express site. Why and will you straighten this out ASAP?
We'll get right on that! Now, about "the Outlook Express site". Right.
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:35:12 +1000 Message-ID: <48fbc43b$0$10601$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> Subject: delete delete all
Blinky Note
Some messages on this page weren't even posted with Outlook Express. Heaven knows Google Groups posters are adding their share, but I no longer see GG posts. (I noticed the GG examples on this page when someone else quoted them.) That said, the origin winner seems to be NTL (now part of Virgin), and that coincides with what I've seen in the years I've participated in 24hoursupport.helpdesk, from which many of these examples are taken.