Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 15:02:20 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Problem with RHIDE 1.4 & NT4.0 - Rhide.gpr (1/1)
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On 21 Nov 1997, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> That German dude continued to send me long identical-looking messages in
> German in reply to all my postings, AFTER I asked him politely in e-mail
> to either use English or not bother

This is one of the cases where it pays to know foreign languages.  I
suspect the message you kept getting was from some Germany-based
machine which told you that your messages posted to this group
couldn't be delivered (I got such messages also, only I've read it).

So you were actually asking (politely) some machine to switch to
English.

I suggest next time to look around for somebody who can explain you
what the message says, before you decide how to react.