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| (...) I sent him (guessing it's a guy) a "please don't spam me" email: in his apologetic reply he said that he has addresses from lugnet, ebay and brickbay. He claimed that he was sent an extra Tour de France set from Europe and is trying to pass it (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| I've been spam, spam, spam sausages and spam sandwiched by it too. But I've never given my details to brickbay yet. So obviously this characters got contacts from elsewhere. I'm guessing they've used the membership list? on lugnet to pull out Aus (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| There's been another case of harvesting... I got an email at work today about an egg farm for sale in Qld region. The seller actually stated where he got my details: lugnet.loc.au.qld.mac [I think that's right.] He said he got it while looking for (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| (...) Egg farm? Did I miss something in plant and animal science in the last few years? We're actually to the point that we grow eggs instead of getting them from chickens? (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| I have been reading many messages lately about email address being pulled out of newsgroups. I have to kick in my two cents here, because this is driving me nuts. Newsgroup email harvesting has been happening since the creation of newsgroups. You (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| (...) Ben, Dunno if anyone in the mammoth thread suggested this, but you could always use the web interface at work. I'm forced to use this at a couple of sites, cos they block NNTP, and it's really not that bad. If you set up your posting settings, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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