[e-gold-list] Re: Spam from cashcards, reply to Steve Renner

2003-06-12 Thread cp_box
I'am not sure with a free cashcard, but with the paid cashcards they do not send you a PIN code. You log into your Vcash account and set the PIN yourself to what you want it to be. Click on the transfer link and it should give you the option from that screen. --- You are currently subscribed to

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam from cashcards, reply to Steve Renner

2003-06-06 Thread Offshore Team
wow, sorry about that JR. Kind of harsh way to ask me to remove the last message from replies (it is easy to forget that sometimes) and kind of shows how much moderation goes on in this list compared to goldmoney. From now on I shall endeavour to remove the previous message. --

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam from cashcards, reply to Steve Renner

2003-06-05 Thread Offshore Team
sheesh, what a drongo. The PIN I bet is in the package, or more than likely being sent in a second file for security reasons. some people have no gratitude... - Original Message - From: Michel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 05:11:09 -0400 To: e-gold Discussion [EMAIL

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam from cashcards, reply to Steve Renner

2003-06-05 Thread Fidex Marketing
Steve, This is a good example of why NOT to give something away for free. If something is free, people don't value it. Every card issuer I know of in the world sends PINs separately from cards, and I think 2 weeks is a perefectly reasonable delivery time. And if it is FREE... Nick Fidex ---

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam from cashcards, reply to Steve Renner

2003-06-05 Thread AnyGoldNow SSL
Michel, Looking at your email address, I guess you are in France. Should you have read the CashCards site, you would have found out that YOU create your own PIN number... But then, of course, that takes reading stuff. Anyway, if you want to know more about the card and the service (in

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam generated by archives?

2003-06-05 Thread James M. Ray
At 12:03 PM +0200 6/5/03, Fidex Marketing wrote: ... I think the culprit is the list archive which is open to address-harvesting bots. The archive is useful, and one of the things I refuse to do about spam is give up useful things if that can be avoided, since doing that lets the spammers win.

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam generated by archives?

2003-06-05 Thread Danny Van den Berghe
I think the culprit is the list archive which is open to address-harvesting bots. Can something be done about it? Hi, Is there really a need for list archives here? Does it serve any purpose, other than providing the address-harvesting bots with what must look almost like a real

[e-gold-list] RE: Spam generated by archives?

2003-06-05 Thread Fidex Marketing
Is there really a need for list archives here? Does it serve any purpose, other than providing the address-harvesting bots with what must look almost like a real 'goldmine' in their eyes? Why not turn these archives OFF ,and delete them? I must say I have never looked at the archives and

[e-gold-list] RE: Spam generated by archives?

2003-06-05 Thread jrw
Sure anybody *could* choose to arichive the messages but whether they do so is another matter. I doubt it. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- hi nick, i think there are at least 4 public gold list archives out there, most of which do some obfuscation of source email address, but an industrious

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam generated by archives?

2003-06-05 Thread Joris Bontje
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 02:18:10PM +0300, Danny Van den Berghe wrote: Is there really a need for list archives here? Does it serve any purpose, other than providing the address-harvesting bots with what must look almost like a real 'goldmine' in

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam from cashcards, reply to Steve Renner

2003-06-05 Thread Robert S.Z.
Hello Michel, I actually had to read your post twice. IMHO there are two main items to address. The easy one has to do with gratitude and your apparent lack of it. Where did you pick up the inherent sense of entitlement that drips from your accusations? It appears not only to be rather childish

[e-gold-list] RE: Spam generated by archives?

2003-06-05 Thread Fidex Marketing
Hi jrw, i think there are at least 4 public gold list archives out there, most of which do some obfuscation of source email address, but an industrious individual could certainly reconstruct subscriber addresses. but there are almost certainly harvesters subscribed to all the lists, so the

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam

2002-03-19 Thread Ian Green
Sending unsolicited commercial or propaganda or virus or chain-letter etc. e-mails *IS SPAM* REGARDLESS of whether an unsubscribe method is offered! The law is not relevant to whether this is considered spamming, *people* consider it to be spam! Yes, hosting companies pull the plug on you if

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam

2002-03-18 Thread Phil Stevens
I would like to know what the deal is with Spam. I plan to use some email addresses that I bought online and I want to make sure its legal. Can somebody please tell me what the law is? I was told that if I gave the reader the option to unsubscribe it would not be considered Spam, is there any

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam

2002-03-18 Thread James M. Ray
Since we're on the subject, here's a message regarding Spam and ecommerce from the Hettingalists. A number of the factoids below seem wrong, as Spam typically has a very *low* response-rate, and I can't believe that only 15% of bank brokerage customers choose to have their personal information

[e-gold-list] RE: Spam

2002-03-18 Thread American eCurrency Connection
I would like to know what the deal is with Spam. I plan to use some email addresses that I bought online and I want to make sure its legal. Can somebody please tell me what the law is? I was told that if I gave the reader the option to unsubscribe it would not be considered Spam, is there

[e-gold-list] Re: Spam

2002-03-17 Thread James M. Ray
On Sunday, March 17, 2002, at 10:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to know what the deal is with Spam. ... The deal is that you got ripped off if you bought a list of email addresses, and that http://www.e-gold.com/unsecure/policy.htm says that if you spam about

[e-gold-list] Re: spam?

2001-03-11 Thread gary
It is an interesting response but, are you sure it is a response to a posting on this list? Also, what is your reason for saying that Xodds is a "questionable" entity? Gary - Original Message - From: "Dagny Taggart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "e-gold Discussion" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[e-gold-list] Re: spam?

2001-03-11 Thread Viking Coder
After posting messages to the list, I received this: [Message Removed] So... I've received just as much spam in my e-gold list mail account as I have in my eBay mail account. What is this? It is spam. The e-gold is open to anybody who wishes to join. The list is also posted to the web, at

[e-gold-list] Re: spam?

2001-03-11 Thread SnowDog
It is an interesting response but, are you sure it is a response to a posting on this list? Also, what is your reason for saying that Xodds is a "questionable" entity? I agree: Xodds is a fun game! Hardly a questionable entity. Regarding patents: 1) E-gold has been in operations since

[e-gold-list] Re: spam?

2001-03-11 Thread Michael Moore
Yes I got this too! I think the business that owns the list has changed hands. MM After posting messages to the list, I received this: May we thank you for contacting Xodds.com. We --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email

[e-gold-list] Re: spam?

2001-03-11 Thread Khurram Khan
So... I've received just as much spam in my e-gold list mail account as I have in my eBay mail account. What is this? hmm... I wonder how much somebody would pay for a guaranteed spam proof email account? Khurram Khan _ Get

[e-gold-list] Re: spam?

2001-03-11 Thread Dagny Taggart
I would love to pay a little extra to not get spam, what fee are you thinking of? --- Khurram Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So... I've received just as much spam in my e-gold list mail account as I have in my eBay mail account. What is this? hmm... I wonder how much somebody

[e-gold-list] Re: spam?

2001-03-11 Thread markab23
I don't think a small fee would help. a) it may put off new people and b) Enthusiastic Spam Merchants would not mind paying a fee to peddle their wares. Chuck = Original Message From Dagny Taggart [EMAIL PROTECTED] = I would love to pay a little extra to not get spam, what fee are