Neil Smith wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:55:45
>> From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Spammer service ad
> I can confirm receipt of that spam from that bulk email lot.
> The fact that it came to Dale as well suggests that either we have both
> subscribed to some site on the web & they've passed on details, or the mail
> addresses are being collected from here by some sort of 'spam-bot'
> I have started to receive quite a bit of this sort of thing recently, and
> have started to wonder if email addresses are being harvested from the
> arachne newsgroup (unless xchaos have passed on my email address :< ) .
-- I reckon the List archive must've been found by the ne'er-do-well
searching for SPAM or @.
Sam Heywood and I conducted an amusing correspondence a few months
ago, with convoluted attempts to avoid direct use of the term
"mailbomb" (Oops, I did it again). We'll have to come to an agreement
over disguising troublesome terms. Reverse the letter order? It will
require the services of a draconian new officer to keep us in line.
Regards,
Jake
-- the World on a floppy --
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