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Re: "Greetings from SoundStone": SPAM warning for members of the Legomaniac's Webring
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lugnet.general
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Date:
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Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:52:27 GMT
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JSPROAT@GEOCITIES.spamlessCOM
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Paul Foster wrote:
> 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.
> I received and deleted that spam also. What happens if you reply?
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 panic chat about smappers to lugnet.off-topic.fun
Cheers,
- jsproat
1. Even if you ask to have your e-mail address removed, always assume it's
more profitable for them to continue using your address and introduce you to
another spammer, 'cuz it is.
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"I prefer the term para-mental. It keeps me out of the loony bin."
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