Yes, this guy really did write what is below, after receiving a cc: of the Standard MMF Template that I use to notify ISPs of MMF schemes. Quite a change from the writing style in "his"original article, don't you think? Maybe he wasn't the original author, hmmmm...?

dear Ken,

i really don't know why people can be really hard on people like me. i mean i know about illegal stuff in the internet but not all of them. by now i can say that what i did was illegal. not that i did it purposely to annoy people. i only did it cuz one day i read something that really caught my attention in one of the newsgroups. and by the way, i'm not really into newsgroups, this was a first for me, relatively speaking. it sounded convincing enough that's why i tried it. i NEVER thought this would happen. i think this is more ANNOYING than seeing these spams in the newsgroups. i received a lot of "hate" e-mails already and i'm really bothered by this. only shows that aside from these people that spams the newsgroups, many people are rude in their own way. a little warning would be enough for most people who are educated. BUT being judged immediately for a mistake is just unacceptable to me. thank you and have a good day."

Please. Learn to use the shift key, and not just the caps lock on certain words.

And also learn perhaps to check out things before jumping into them, then maybe people won't judge you to be an irresponsible idiot, no matter how young and inexperienced you are. I can see by your response you are entirely penitant and regret without reservations what you did (no, I don't). Perhaps you might like to go here and read about what I believe gives me not only the right, but makes it my responsibility to report these things.