> > From: Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/11/15 Thu PM 09:44:13 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: Don't quite know how to respond to this... > > mike wilson wrote: > > Although their grasp of English and presentation skills are somewhat > > lacking, he/she asks a pertinent question, in a pleasant manner, in an > > apparent attempt to increase their knowledge of the subject. I would give > > them a proper, courteous answer. > > > Seriously? > > Well, maybe I'm the one who has got it wrong, but this looks very > similar to a number of emails I've received in the past, which I've > always thought were some kind of spam or scam, although I haven't quite > understood what exactly they were supposed to trick me into doing. The > messages I'm talking about (I haven't kept any of them, unfortunately) > haven't been about Pentax cameras, but seemed to touch upon some subject > or the other I had expressed an interest somewhere on the net. Their > text has been a more or less incomprehensible (auto-generated?) > collection of words related to the subject - organised into nearly > grammatically correct, yet more or less meaningless, sentences...
I've seen that stuff, too. This just seems like some person who has bought into the dream and suddenly realises that there is more to it than pointing and pressing the button. If the spam generators have become this good I might as well take my bike to a nice, warm hotel room. > > I thought this was what Mark was assuming, too... > >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2007/11/15 Thu AM 01:26:27 GMT > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >> Subject: Don't quite know how to respond to this... > >> > >> An email I just received (unedited, in its entirety): > >> > >> I'VE CONTACTED YOU BEFORE ABOUT PENTAX CAMERAS. I SEE YOU USE THE K10D > >> THATS WHAT I PURCHASED HOW DO YOU LIKE IT AND DO USE FILTERS ON YOUR > >> LENSES. I HEARD THE FILTERS LET LESS LITE IN AND DETRACTS FROM THE > >> IMAGE THANKS I REALLY ENJOY YOUR WEB SITE.... > >> > >> > >> Suggestions for a response would be appreciated. I probably won't *use* > >> any of them, but I might *enjoy* them :) > >> > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
