Hi Adam, I have not heard of the SpamArrest people harvesting info, but I have noticed an increase of people using similar acting products (SpamBar, SpamAmbush, QuickCop, DigiPortal, etc.) that require you to click on a link and provide either some information or feedback to them.
They all might be tempted to gather at least some info to aggregate the demographics and sell. Fred Hoot -----Original Message----- From: Adam Shephard [mailto:adams@;firstfederalbanking.com] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 11:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Spamarrest I've received a couple of these emails recently. Has anybody heard of Spamarrest harvesting info from those of us who click their link? It's not that I am suspicious of the Spamarrest folks, it's just seems odd to me that in order to protect others from spam, we have to submit ourselves to a procedure that is often used to propagate it. Even if they are completely innocent, aren't they holding up a big neon sign to current and would-be spammers that says "Here's how you do it!"? Text of the email below. ---------------------------------------------------------- I'm protecting myself from receiving junk mail. Just this once, click the link below so I can receive your emails. You won't have to do this again. http://spamarrest.com/a?xxxxxxx:xxxxxx You are receiving this message in response to your email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], a Spam Arrest customer. Spam Arrest requests that senders verify themselves before their email is delivered. When you click the above link, you will be taken to a page with a graphic on it. Simply read the word in the graphic, type it into the form, and you're verified. You will only need to do this once per Spam Arrest customer.
