> A lot of times spammers will indeed unsubscribe you
>from their list, only to then sell your name to other
>spammers. :-/
> Broad sentiment is to never "unsubscribe" something
>you never subscribed to, as it only serves to confirm
>your e-address is a valid one. (confirmed e-addresses
>are worth more than blind ones)
> - Steve
I didn't see any sales message in that 161 KB message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
list, but since the attachment was not recognizable to me as to software type,
it could possibly have been either a virus or sales pitch. If it were a sales
pitch, they shouldn't have made it so unfathomable.
from Glenn McCorkle:
>Ahhh... you mean like this one?? (the second one this week) :(
>(this time it arrived as "pearl_harbor.zip.bat") [ over 500kb ]
What kind of file was pearl_harbor.zip.bat ? Was it a ZIP file or did it look
like a text .BAT file? Certainly not a well-named DOS .BAT file!
I've received a few viral messages from people I knew, apparently accidentally,
but I've wondered if that Fix2001 virus sent apparently by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
was intended as a prank. Message was routed through .mx (Mexico), very unlikely
for a message sent by my ISP in Kentucky. So I queried the message, admin__
bounced "User unknown", I sent to a better address, and learned it was not from
Bluegrass Net people. I didn't know at the time if it was a virus but was not
going to run anything sent under such suspicious circumstances! Anyway, I
happened to be in DR-DOS 7.03 at that time.
