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Re: Spam handling

From: "Gregh" <chows () ozemail com au>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:57:20 +1000



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "joe" <joej () rocknyou com>
To: <nanog () merit edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: Spam handling


Ok so I send an email to a friend at SBC. Here's the result.


<Blowin' in the wind type snip>


Nice, why bother advertising such a removal via email?


Surely you must be joking?

A guide to how to be spammed.

1) Click on most spam emails to let them know your address is to be spammed.

2) Failing that in 1, click on a "remove me" so they know you are still
around.

....you were just lucky it said it is a dead address if it actually IS dead
but my bet is that it isn't and that you have received a "dead letter
office" reply from an active account. I can do that here and I am not a
spammer so why cant a spammer?

Greg.

Current thread:

Re: Buying and selling root certificates, (continued)
- - - Re: Buying and selling root certificates David Lesher (Apr 29)
    - Re: Buying and selling root certificates Stephen Sprunk (Apr 29)
    - Re: Buying and selling root certificates Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 29)
    - Re: Buying and selling root certificates David Lesher (Apr 29)
- Re: Buying and selling root certificates Steven M. Bellovin (Apr 28)
  - Re: Buying and selling root certificates Randy Bush (Apr 28)
  - Re: Buying and selling root certificates David Lesher (Apr 28)
  - THe Internet is Too Secure Already (was Re: Buying and selling root certificates) Sean Donelan (Apr 28)
    - Spam handling joe (Apr 28)
    - Re: Spam handling Doug White (Apr 28)
    - Re: Spam handling Gregh (Apr 28)
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    - Re: Spam handling Gregh (Apr 28)
    - Re: Spam handling joe (Apr 28)
    - Re: Spam handling Martin J. Levy (Apr 28)
    - Re: Spam handling joe (Apr 28)
  - Re: Buying and selling root certificates Alexei Roudnev (Apr 28)