The copy of the standardized reply form I have is from rpwhite; it
was posted to talk.bizarre on the 11th of November, 1992.

Here's the copy I have:
| From vpnet!tellab5!laidbak!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!taurus!ac13!rpwhite Sat Nov 14 10:20:53 CST 1992
| Article: 56121 of talk.bizarre
| Xref: vpnet news.admin.misc:370 talk.bizarre:56121
| Path: vpnet!tellab5!laidbak!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!taurus!ac13!rpwhite
| From: rpwhite@ac13.cs.nps.navy.mil (rpwhite)
| Newsgroups: news.admin.misc,talk.bizarre
| Subject: Re: Clearly NOT a FORGERY
| Message-ID: <6943@ac13.cs.nps.navy.mil>
| Date: 11 Nov 92 00:05:06 GMT
| References: <1992Nov8.192206.27224@wetware.com> <1992Nov10.174712.27216@wolves.uucp>
| Followup-To: talk.bizarre,misc.test
| Organization: Monterey Bay Yacht Club, Monterey CA
| Lines: 82
| Status: RO
|
| news@wolves.uucp (The Wolfe of the Den) writes:
| >drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux) writes:
|
|
| >Casting aspersions on NCSU because you are technically out-of-date is
| >hardly conducive to you (already lacking) net.reputation.
| --
| >Usenet Net News Administrator @ The Wolves Den (G. Wolfe Woodbury)
| >news@wolves.durham.nc.us news%wolves@cs.duke.edu ...duke!wolves!news
| >"The flame war is a specific Usenet art form." --me
| >[This site is not affiliated with Duke University. (Idiots!) ]
|
|
| USENET NEWS STANDARD FOLLOW-UP FORM
|
|
| I TOOK EXCEPTION TO YOUR RECENT POST TO ___ news.admin.misc ___.
| (newsgroup)
|
| IT WAS:
|
| XXX LAME.
| ___ STUPID.
| XXX MUCH LONGER THAN ANY WORTHWHILE THOUGHT OF WHICH YOU MAY BE CAPABLE.
|
| YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT:
|
| ___ WHAT YOU POSTED HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
| (Mark only if above checked)
| ___ IT WAS DONE BETTER THE LAST TIME.
| ___ YOUR POST WAS A PATHETIC IMITATION OF ______________________.
| (net.personality)
| ___ YOUR POST CONTAINED SPELLING ERRORS.
| XXX YOUR POST CONTAINED GRAMMAR ERRORS.
| ___ YOUR POST WAS AN OBVIOUS FORGERY.
| (Mark only if above checked)
| ___ IT WAS DONE CLUMSILY.
| XXX YOU HAVE A LAME LOGIN NAME.
| XXX YOUR MACHINE HAS A STUPID NAME.
| ___ YOU REPOSTED AN ENTIRE ARTICLE ONLY TO ADD ___ NEW LINES OF TEXT.
| XXX YOU FLAMED SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AROUND FAR LONGER THAN YOU.
| XXX YOU FLAMED SOMEONE WHO IS FAR MORE INTELLIGENT AND WITTIER THAN YOU.
| ___ YOUR LINES ARE 80 COLUMNS LONG OR LONGER. PLEASE ADJUST.
| ___ YOU FAILED TO CHECK THE FOLLOWUPS-TO: LINE.
|
|
| XXX THE .SIG YOU APPENDED IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE (check all that apply):
| ___ YOU HAVE ___ SNAIL MAIL ADDRESSES WHICH NO ONE USES ANYMORE.
| ___ YOU HAVE ___ PHONE NUMBERS FOR PEOPLE TO USE IN PRANK CALLS.
| XXX YOU HAVE LISTED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES, WHICH NORMALLY CAN BE FOUND IN
| THE HEADER AND SO IS REDUNDANT.
| XXX YOU HAVE LISTED MULTIPLE EMAIL ADDRESSES. ARE YOU REALLY EXPECTING
| PEOPLE TO SEND EMAIL TO YOU IN TRIPLICATE?
| XXX YOU INCLUDED A STUPID DISCLAIMER.
| (Mark only if above also)
| XXX YOUR PATHETIC ATTEMPT AT BEING WITTY IN THE DISCLAIMER FAILED.
| XXX YOU INCLUDED
| (Mark all that apply)
| XXX A STUPID SELF-QUOTE.
| ___ A STUPID QUOTE FROM A NET.NOBODY.
| ___ A RUSH QUOTE.
| ___ A LAME ASCII GRAPHIC OF (Choose all that apply):
| ___ USS ENTERPRISE
| ___ AUSTRALIA
| ___ COMPANY LOGO
| ___ BICYCLE
|
| FURTHERMORE:
|
| ___ YOU HAVE GREATLY MISUNDERSTOOD THE PURPOSE OF _________________________
| (newsgroup)
| ___ YOU HAVE GREATLY MISUNDERSTOOD THE PURPOSE OF THE NET.
| ___ YOU MUST HAVE SPENT YOUR ENTIRE LIFE IN A SKINNER BOX TO BE THIS
| CLUELESS.
| ___ THIS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT TO YOU BEFORE.
| XXX IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT:
| (check all that apply)
| XXX YOU FIND A VOLCANO AND THROW YOURSELF IN.
| ___ YOU GET A GUN AND SHOOT YOURSELF.
| ___ GET A LIFE.
|
| COMMENTS:




-Orc