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Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] ORBZ - More info
In one sense, isn't this what ORBZ was doing? Port Scanning everyone,
and sending in unsolicited emails because they want to test other
people's
I'm not sure either, however, Spam is like a virus and it takes away from
other legitimate businesses that want to tell you about their services
and/or
sales. I have consulted with allot of my clients, most of them just hit
delete
when they don't know where the e-mail came from. So what's the
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Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] ORBZ - More info
I'm not sure either, however, Spam is like a virus and it takes away
from
other legitimate businesses that want to tell you about their
services
and/or
sales. I have consulted with allot of my clients, most of them just
hit
delete
when
At 11:34 PM 3/21/2002, you wrote:
In one sense, isn't this what ORBZ was doing? Port Scanning everyone,
and sending in unsolicited emails because they want to test other
people's
systems without them asking for permission to do so?
ORBZ was not Port Scanning ORBZ was only after being
Here's some more information behind the big mystery.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51218,00.html
The small city of Battle Creek, Michigan, wants to lock up an anti-spam
activist who it believes crashed its mail server.
Never mind that the town government was using a buggy version
Everyone sign that (click the bottom link). I did, and I feel much better.
NO!!!
It's a trick! Clicking on that link will crash their servers; they have
lots of empty jail spaces as people are leaving town, and they need to fill
them!
kidding, of course
-Scott
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Everyone come back tomorrow and sign it again! And the next day, and the
next, ...
I think the town is going to learn VERY quickly that they aren't doing the
right thing. That wired article had links to the E-mail address for the
head system administrator, who is going to get a lot of mail
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From: Scott Phelps [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:08 PM
Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] ORBZ - More info
Please!!!
Everyone sign that (click the bottom link). I did, and I feel much better
I told Kellogg's I wouldn't buy their cereal anymore:
http://www.kelloggs.com/contact/index.html
I called Kellogg's too, to complain: 1-800-962-1413
(8 AM to 8 PM ET Weekdays)
Battle Creek, a town of 54,000 best known as the headquarters of the
Kellogg's cereal company
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] ORBZ - More info
I sent this email to the CIO of Battle Creek (found him thru a Wired
link):
Mr. Lee,
As you are no doubt aware the news was broken today that actions taken
by your department are responsible for the demise of the ORBZ anti
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] ORBZ - More info
I told Kellogg's I wouldn't buy their cereal anymore:
http://www.kelloggs.com/contact/index.html
I called Kellogg's too, to complain: 1-800-962-1413
(8 AM to 8 PM ET Weekdays)
Battle Creek, a town of 54,000 best known
I am posting the following reply here to an active thread in the regular
IMail Discussion list (Scott I hope you don't mind),
Not a problem.
because for whatever reason my posts there do not get distributed??
FYI, this one did make it to the IMail Forum.
Ahh... my 2 cents anyway. I just feel
Ahh... my 2 cents anyway. I just feel no one has the right to send me
crap I did not ask for, especially PORN solicitations into my children's
e-mail box. Perhaps I am wrong legally as it relates to free rights and
e-mail solicitations, but the PORN solicitation alone is enough to keep
me
My favorite guest book entry is below. Unfortunately,
I was trying to eat at the time and almost pulled a
George Bush Pretzel!!
From: Alan Rawlsky
Thank you for making my job easier. It's getting
so no one wants my porn spam any more. But now with
ORBZ gone, I can use any open relay in the
: [Declude.JunkMail] ORBZ - More info
Ahh... my 2 cents anyway. I just feel no one has the right to send
me
crap I did not ask for, especially PORN solicitations into my
children's
e-mail box. Perhaps I am wrong legally as it relates to free rights
and
e-mail solicitations, but the PORN
Ahh... my 2 cents anyway. I just feel no one has the right to
send me
crap I did not ask for...
In one sense, isn't this what ORBZ was doing? Port Scanning
everyone,
and sending in unsolicited emails because they want to test other
people's
systems without them asking for permission to do so?
In one sense, isn't this what ORBZ was doing? Port Scanning everyone,
and sending in unsolicited emails because they want to test other
people's
systems without them asking for permission to do so?
ORBZ was not Port Scanning ORBZ was only after being notified of an
open relay seeing for
Another way to look at things would be to check out the court cases
where Corporations have sued their employees for misuse of e-mail.
Do you know where there are any of these cases that I can review online?
No, sorry. I just remember seeing this issue on the news.
As a business owner, I
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