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Subject:	Re: "Greetings from SoundStone": SPAM warning for members of the Legomaniac's Webring
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:37:01 GMT
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Eric Brok wrote: > > > > > Whatever you do, do NOT verify your e-mail address to these sleazeballs by > > responding to the e-mail message. > > I was spammed too. And couldn't resist to a grunty reply. Stupid me. > > Eric I received and deleted that spam also. What happens if you reply? -- Paul Foster http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html

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		Re: "Greetings from SoundStone": SPAM warning for members of the Legomaniac's Webring
(...) By replying, you tell them that you have a live e-mail address, at which point they put it into their "known live" list, either for further use or for resale to other spammers (1). Either way, you'd be in for a helluva lot more garbage. Moving (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)

		Re: "Greetings from SoundStone": SPAM warning for members of the Legomaniac's Webring
Op een zekere dag, te weten Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:37:01 GMT, klom Paul Foster <pfoster@execpc.com> in het toetsenbord en schreef ons: (...) They will know that this particular email-address is valid, and that it is actually read by you..... Ardjan (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: "Greetings from SoundStone": SPAM warning for members of the Legomaniac's Webring
(...) I was spammed too. And couldn't resist to a grunty reply. Stupid me. Eric (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)

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