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Re: SPAM
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 05:31:54 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.AVOIDSPAMnet
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Richard Franks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Shiri Dori writes:
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> > 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 ordered the sunshine house for $49, and that her name is Diana.
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> Cool stuff - I'm glad that it had a happy ending! :)
Saddens me. I would've rather believed it a lame attempt to glean emails.
> > This is not the first mail I receive that is not signed. Many people forget
> > this, especially if they are young/inexperienced with lego, like Larry
> > mentioned. I've received two other unsigned letters, which I answered while
> > asking who is this. They both answered and added their name the second time.
> >
> > If this seems like spam to you, so be it - but there are people out there just
> > trying to figure something out.
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> I think we are all guilty sometimes of forgetting that LEGO predominately
> attracts children, and adults need as much help and consideration sometimes
> too!
Yeah, I guess I am guilty of expecting someone to be able to formulate a question
which doesn't resemble some form spam letter.
> Is there some equivalent of a www.lugnet.com/newbie/ page? Something that
> people in a hurry could point newbies at,
Time wasn't the issue. I am happy to help anyone who wants it. Really. It's
just that this person was so clueless that I didn't even recognize it as a
legitimate request. Personally, I think that anyone who would respond to such an
email as it was would be taking a big chance.
-John
> which explained things like S@H, in
> nice easy terms? I mean - the information is all there on LUGNET, but the mass
> of options and sheer amount of data available could put-off beginners?
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> Actually, it wouldn't even need to be hosted by LUGNET, but it would have the
> benefit of being a memorable URL as opposed to one which people would have to
> look up and therefore might not bother. Freely registering something like
> come.to/newbielegoinfo might work too.. anyway!
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> Richard
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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