Re: Egad, what a lot of spammage

"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Did I miss something? I haven't seen anything.

You didn't get a dozen or three variants of the below?

It seems to have subsided now, but I was getting them at the rate of
maybe one a minute for some time there. All forged in the name of
real PG subscribers, which no doubt is how they got through the
filters. I imagine the list moderators will be looking at some
unpleasantly long queues of stuff that didn't get through the filters...

regards, tom lane

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with
the imagination that it is, therefore, obscure and, on the contrary, that
what is to prove it is clear, and so we understand it easily.

41. Epigrams of Martial.--Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor
the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud. People are mistaken in
thinking otherwise.

For lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity, etc. We must please
those who have humane and tender feelings. That epigram about two one-eyed
people is worthless, for it does not console them and only gives a point to
the author's glory. All that is only for the sake of the author is
worthless. Ambitiosa recident ornamenta.[4]

42. To call a king "Prince" is pleasing, because it diminishes his rank.

43. Certain authors, speaking of their works, say: "My book," "My
commentary," "My history," etc. They resemble middle-class people who have a
house of their own and always have "My house" on their tongue. They would do
better to say: "Our book," "Our commentary," "Our history," etc., because
there is in them usually more of other people's than their own.

44. Do you wish people to believe good of you? Don't speak.

45. Languages are

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