I noticed that the article below, that I posted on digg is no longer to be found on digg. When I originally posted it, I did not expect to receive 334 diggs, and a spot on the homepage. Now I can no longer find it on digg, except under my profile. I guess to many users decided that it was not “relevant” information. When I wrote the article, I also didn’t realize that I would get so many comments about how “lame”, “old”, and “newbie” this information is. While I would admit, that it is old, and basic information, it is information that every technical computer user should know. But there is so much information out on the internet, that in reality, not many people know much about how email actually works. But everyone has to start somewhere, even the 133t geeks. The basic premise of the internet is for people to share information, even old information, that may be more than two days old. I just don’t understand why a few more knowlegable people would be so strongly against info that hundreds of other users found interesting and enlightening. People can be so proud and arrogant, it amazes me. Well enough of my rantings. Hopefully, those who read the article will benifit from it. I will try to post more technical articles about things I know and learn about. And if it is too basic for you, find another blog to read. I will think twice now about posting articles on digg. It is a great website, but it doesn’t seem to be the place to go for old technology information. Enjoy any “old” information that I post, because, if it is still relevant, it isn’t really “old”.
I digged it before it went off, and I really love it. I think that the mod system needs a tiny bit of tweakin on digg, so that a couple of users can’t remove an article.
I, for one, thought that your article was well-written and comprehensive. I think that if we gave your detractors the task of writing an article on the same subject matter, their results would probably be poorly written, smug, and full of omissions where they deemed something to be “too obvious”.
You clearly have a knack for explaining these topics to the newcomer. You should consider writing further articles for the same readership, explaining the cause of the various dangers that lurk on the internet.