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  • Re: SpaceX buys Cursor

    From Darksix@VERT/DARKSIX to Accession on Tue Jun 23 22:52:58 2026
    On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:08:30 , you wrote:

    Why doesn't somebody ban this advertising spam bot bs?

    It's indeed tech related news from TLDR.com, posted here on purpose by Digital Man @ Vertrauen himself.
    I imagine you can probably ignore them on your system by adding the FROM header field to your twit filter, but then when people start a discussion based
    off one of these automated posts, you may have no idea where the discussion came from. ;)

    If you are seeing a bunch of wierd jibberish in the messages you're seeing on your system, you would have to call VERT with your QWK account and enable
    UTF-8 and MIME, or the opposite (strip it out of the messages sent to your system) if you don't want UTF-8, or are using Syncterm (which doesn't support it
    yet).

    Regards, Nick

    Ok, well that clears things up a little bit. I just thought it was total gibberish spam type advertising..
    Thinking I do have UTF-8 on for QWK.. Suppose I could strip it out. Seems Slymail doesn't like to show it
    correctly either (Probably just too new to have the features like that)

    Suppose I'll just ignore it for now, or turn off MIME I'd guess.
    Thanks for the heads up, Mike.

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Darksix on Wed Jun 24 15:53:02 2026
    Hey Darksix!

    On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:52:58 , you wrote:

    Ok, well that clears things up a little bit. I just thought it was
    total gibberish spam type advertising..

    Nah, there's maybe one post a day, if that. But it introduces some topics that have turned into good discussions.

    Thinking I do have UTF-8 on for QWK.. Suppose I could strip it out.

    ...

    Seems Slymail doesn't like to show it correctly either (Probably just
    too new to have the features like that)

    Slymail definitely supports UTF-8 (I have it installed here), I just don't think it supports MIME. If you disable MIME at your QWK hub, it should look better in Slymail.

    Suppose I'll just ignore it for now, or turn off MIME I'd guess.
    Thanks for the heads up, Mike.

    Who's Mike? ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Thu Jun 25 02:24:23 2026
    Re: SpaceX buys Cursor
    By: Accession to Darksix on Wed Jun 24 2026 03:53 pm


    Suppose I'll just ignore it for now, or turn off MIME I'd guess.
    Thanks for the heads up, Mike.

    Who's Mike? ;)


    One generic white boy name is the same as any other.
    Did your dad think of your name when he was shaving?


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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Thu Jun 25 13:21:28 2026
    Re: SpaceX buys Cursor
    By: MRO to Accession on Thu Jun 25 2026 02:24 am

    Did your dad think of
    your name when he was shaving?

    You're referencing the movie Top Secret!, I'm guessing? That's one of my favorite comedies.

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  • From Darksix@VERT/DARKSIX to Accession on Sat Jun 27 01:29:27 2026
    Hey Darksix!

    Who's Mike? ;)

    Regards, Nick

    I would be Mike :P

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Darksix on Sat Jun 27 05:17:58 2026
    Hey Darksix!

    On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:29:27 , you wrote:

    Who's Mike? ;)

    I would be Mike :P

    Oh, so you were talking to yourself.

    *walks away slowly* ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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