>From: Doug McAdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Spammer increase > > >Gosh this spam thing is driving me crazy. <snip> >So where do they get my address from?
>Doug McAdam, Pres. >SSD, Inc. >705 W Foster St. >Kokomo, IN 46902 >phone: 765-457-8628 � email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "What they desperately need is to know how to live their lives� > they need to know who they are, to what purpose they exist, > and how they should act towards one another; and, once they > know the answers to these questions they need to be helped to > gradually apply these answers to everyday behavior. It is to the > solution of this basic problem of mankind that the greater part of > all our energy and resources should be directed.... " > (Nov 19/74 UHJ) >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, Doug, you are effectively spamming *us*. Your signature here takes up 16 lines - way more than the recommended 3 maximum. The bit between the tildes appeals to you but not to me. I don't even see its relevance. Your full postal address appears in every message (several times per digest) and your email address appears here twice. You are probably filling up a few Hard Drives faster than we'd like. I don't know if these messages are archived in an accessible place but, if they are, you are giving your email address to the world. Anyone with a grudge could "sign you up" for spam. Please don't take this as a personal attack. It's just my point of view and others may not agree. But take it as proof that you can easily upset someone without even intending to - so you get spam. (No, I'm not responsible for it). When I sign up for *anything* I use an "alias" address that I can delete at any time. The first time that address collects an unwanted message, I delete the message AND the alias and generate a new one instead. If I receive as many as two spam messages per week I feel I'm being flamed! ;-) So, I recommend you use an email service that lets you generate and delete "alias" addresses. Never give anyone the root address. The spam problem will quickly go away. Martin Pickering ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
