On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Derek D. Martin wrote:
> SPAM ALERT! I dunno, this may be legit, but it doesn't sound like it
> to me... it appears to have originated from a dialup AOL account.
> >From the headers:
I hate to say it, but I disagree. For one, just how big a demographic is
the Linux community? I mean,
a) Relatively few outside of the Linux community would write up something
like the below (or, for that matter, even be able to), and
b) No Linux company in their right mind would try to win customers
from spam.
c) It would be more efficient to just subscribe to a zillion lists and
troll.
Regardless of the above, however, a quick trip to Altavista, with
+CCC +wr-121
turns up this URL:
http://cs.clackamas.cc.or.us/CLASSES/CS160/fal99-01/syllabus.htm
Hmmm... Oregon. I know a Portland near there. And it's a class that
pertains to, among other things, the discussion of the "ethical, social
and legal issues surround[ing] computer science" and providing a
"technical introduction to computing topics required for computer
technicians."
In other words, methinks it's probably best to look before you leap. Oh,
one last quote from the page (under "required materials"):
- Internet access. (This can be here at CCC, but access from home is great!)
-Ken (who *is* going to reply to this, and help out a budding Linux fan.)
> Received: from usermail.com (AC81E288.ipt.aol.com [172.129.226.136])
> by tot-we.proxy.aol.com (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id eAEM2UJ13472
> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 17:02:30 -0500 (EST)
>
> Has a suspicious Apparently-From header:
>
> X-Apparently-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> And the sender doesn't even send the mail from his (supposed) school
> account where he's doing this "research" from.
>
> X-Sender: Casioqv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Here's some more suspicion:
>
> 4. This is anonymous. You do not have to tell me your name if you
> do not want to. If you don't even want me to know your name at all
> I can set up a cgi script so you can fill out the form from my web page.
>
> Yeah? Well where's the website? And how can I send you an e-mail
> response anonymously? (Well, there are anonymous remailers...)
>
> The questions themselves are pure marketing-ese. All the stuff
> marketing people want to know about you so they can categorize you and
> direct-market to you. Also, anybody ever seen any posts from this guy
> before? (And has anybody ever heard of CCC? What college is that?)
>
> I certainly have no intention of replying and unless you like
> receiving spam, my suggestion to you is that you ignore this message
> too.
>
>
> --
> We sometimes catch a window, a glimpse of what's beyond
> Was it just imagination stringing us along?
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Derek Martin | Unix/Linux geek
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