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| (...) Why not? Because it's unsolicited or because nsname1962 is from aol? Richard (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Yes. :John (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) ?? I don't see how that could be spam or even a spam harvest attempt. Call me gullible I guess, but it just strikes me as someone who's relatively clueless at the moment, perhaps young. I get notes, from people I am convinced are youngsters, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I see that one the same way. I get a lot of those too. I try to reply to the honest clueless questions, even though I'm easily annoyed by them. What's more annoying is when someone sends some 'official communique of the _____ empire' asking (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Actually, John, this wasn't a spam letter at all. I received the same letter from the same person (perhaps after she realized you aren't gonna answer) and answered her, also asking who this is. She replied saying thanks a lot, and that she (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Cool stuff - I'm glad that it had a happy ending! :) (...) I think we are all guilty sometimes of forgetting that LEGO predominately attracts children, and adults need as much help and consideration sometimes too! Is there some equivalent of a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Cross-posting an awfully good idea back to where it can get discussed... James (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | SPAM, Not SPAM? (was Re: SPAM)
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| (...) And not doing a very good job. If you write a letter asking for something and you get taken for spam, you are in trouble. There are basic nettiquette rules that should be mastered before one should venture onto the net. Hell, how about common (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Saddens me. I would've rather believed it a lame attempt to glean emails. (...) Yeah, I guess I am guilty of expecting someone to be able to formulate a question which doesn't resemble some form spam letter. (...) Time wasn't the issue. I am (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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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| (...) 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. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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