Yeah. It was this fact, plus the use of ctrl characters for apostrophes, the vague excite email address and odd use of English [reads like marketing speak] which all equalled 'spam' in my head.
Hen On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Erik Hatcher wrote: > And "Margaret" also posted to some other JUG lists (at least one other) > that I'm on. > > Erik > > On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 09:55 AM, Michael Winslow > Czeiszperger wrote: > > > > > On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 03:00 PM, Margaret wrote: > > > > This is interesting-- the email from "Margaret" is a TIFF image! I've > > never heard of email that converts text into TIFF, but then I'm not > > familiar with spamming tools :-) > > > > Did anyone check out the book's marketing? Its strange: the book is > > self-published. It managed to get on Amazon, but then I know from > > experience you can get anything on Amazon these days. And the one 5 > > star "review" on amazon is in the same mold as the post to our list: > > > > "This book was exactly what I was looking for. It had everything I > > needed in a simple compact format and a price that could not have been > > better! I recomend this book!!" > > > > "Margaret" is most likely either the author or someone at "Power > > Source LLC" trying to "astroturf", which unfortunately for them > > doesn't work on lists like this. People do make book recommendations, > > but only in the context of a discussion, which is too much effort for > > them. > > > > And besides, most of us have met at a JUG meeting, or at least > > recognize each others names. > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > __________ > > Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the stinky > > cheese man! > > -- michael at czeiszperger dot org, Chapel Hill, NC > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Juglist mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org > _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
