How to test if a module exists?

Tim Chase python.list at tim.thechases.com
Wed Nov 10 20:24:22 EST 2010


On 11/10/10 03:50, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<mailman.780.1289326087.2218.python-list at python.org>, Jon
> Dufresne wrote:
>
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at geek-central.gen.nz> wrote:
>
> I see that you published my unobfuscated e-mail address on USENET for all to
> see. I obfuscated it for a reason, to keep the spammers away. I'm assuming
> this was a momentary lapse of judgement, for which I expect an apology.
> Otherwise, it becomes grounds for an abuse complaint to your ISP.

Amusingly, as others have noted, you replied with an unobfuscated 
email address.  However, I suspect that if you file a complaint 
with Jon's ISP, they'll laugh at your complaint just like my ISP 
did when you complained to them[1].  My ISP contact's response 
pretty much boiled down to "yeah, I was pretty certain he was 
just being a tool, but I wanted to follow up to make sure" and 
sharing a laugh with me at your expense.

Try spending your time learning to really obfuscate or finding a 
tool to better handle spam, instead of wasting your time (even if 
it's just firing off the same idiotic email template) being a 
tool about it.

-tkc

[1]
http://www.mail-archive.com/python-list@python.org/msg287766.html






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