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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal writes:
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> > Personally, I think that anyone who would respond to
> > such an
> > email as it was would be taking a big chance.
>
> A chance of what?
> I get tons of spam as is, even though I'm not active in ebay (being registered
> to hotmail makes it bad enough.). Why would the person sending this (say it is
> a spam) go out of her way to put "the sunshine house" in the subject line?
> Obviously, she knew something about lego. In fact, the email I got seemed to
> be a reply to my post in .scala about the sunshine house, 'cause the mail
> said: "Wow, what a deal! What is LS@H and how do you order from it?"
> So I don't see your reasoning. What chance was I taking?
>
> I assumed that she was talking about the deal I had posted about, and replied.
> I must agree that I'm not a fan of hurried, unsigned letters, but just because
> a person was in a hurry or was too lazy to write a formal letter, doesn't mean
> he/she were trying to spam you.
> Just 2 cents...
Whoops, slight mistake... The letter I received WAS signed. I guess that would
make it a less-plausible spam, but not always. I sometimes get spams that
start out "Hi, my name is ___. A mutual friend told me about you" or some sort
of trash. So I try not to judge from first impression.
Shiri
http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/
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| In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal writes: <snip> (...) A chance of what? I get tons of spam as is, even though I'm not active in ebay (being registered to hotmail makes it bad enough.). Why would the person sending this (say it is a spam) go out of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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