The Amber Alert was real. (Had to do with the 3 girls being kidnapped in Florida.)
In the body, it stated that this was a "public service announcement" and not an actual alert list. It then prompted the reader to go to a legit Amber Alert list service and sign up for such lists. Oh s**t! I should check if that was a valid list or a hidden way of address harvesting. D**b! <KNOCKING HEAD ON DESK> Forgot to save one. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Burzin Sumariwalla > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 6:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Spammer sending a community service alert > alert > > Hi John, > > Hmmm....Interesting question. > > I'm not inclined to handle it any differently than other email. If a > spammer is sending out the Amber Alerts, how do you know it's legit? Even > if I send out an Amber Alert how you know it's legit? Will the spammer in > question adhere to honest practices in labeling mail as an Amber Alert? > Is > there any legislation that severely penalizes Amber Alert abusers? > (Actually the last question isn't rhetorical.) > > I'm not sure how it works elsewhere, but in Missouri, you apply to be an > Alert provider. In theory, I'd know who would be contacting me, and what > the valid headers would look like. > > Something for me to look into. > > Burzin > > > > At 04:23 PM 1/9/2004, you wrote: > >How would you handle it if a know spammer domain sent out 250 community > >service Amber Alerts to users on you server? > > >John Tolmachoff > >Engineer/Consultant/Owner > >eServices For You > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
