Re: Fwd: Mailing List (1999)

[Dean Anderson <dean () av8 com>]

Not to jump too hard, but a whole lot of people agreed that spam was not
usually a topic of interest on NANOG.  So if you won't post spam to Nanog,
I won't point out how flawed the anti-spam methods are, nor will I be
tempted to explain why anti-spam methods eventually backfire on network
operators.

                --Dean

At 10:28 PM 1/10/1999 -0500, Alan Spicer wrote:
> Has anyone else received email similar to this? I haven't got the headers
> yet because this was forwarded to me by management. megasuccess.net isn't 
> listed in InterNIC but there are similar domain names. I don't want to
> contact or complain about the wrong organization or people. Replies to
> me only by email, unless this is some massive UCE campaign, please.
>
> Maybe they have already been shutdown by their provider?
>
> > > From: web () megasuccess net
> > > X-Sender: web () megasuccess net
> > > Date: 1/9/99 5:27:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time
> > > Reply-To: web () megasuccess net
> > > To: web () megasuccess net
> > > Subject: Mailing List (1999)
> > >
> > > Hello, 
> > >
> > > Please forgive the intrusion. 
> > >
> > > Your email address is on a  list that we purchased. 
> > >
> > > Realizing that these lists are often compiled without your knowledge this
> > is our attempt to clean this list before we begin mailing. It is not an
> > attempt to verify that your email address is valid. We use an automated
> > mail system that deletes undeliverable email (invalid addresses). 
> > > Since you are reading this email we already know your address is valid. 
> > >
> > > If you DO NOT want to receive mail reply with "REMOVE" in the subject
line. 
> > > Please make sure remove is in subject line or mail software will delete
> > your reply. 
> > > Mail is not read so yelling, screaming or sending threats will not get you
> > on remove list. 
> > > Only the word  "REMOVE"  will work. 
> > >
> > > You will be placed on our remove list and not receive any email from us
> > again. 
> > > We DO NOT want anybody on our list to receive email that does not want to
> > be there. 
> > > If you are one of the small group of people who believe that you have the
> > right to decide what email everyone on the internet should receive, and are
> > going to email every organization you can find to request that you not
> > receive any more email from us, then please remember to include us in your
> > mailing with "REMOVE" in the subject. Otherwise you will have wasted a lot
> > of people's time and still receive email from us. 
> > > Thank you all for understanding. 
> > >
> > > Sincerely, 
> > >
> > > Bob Beaudoin 
> > > Webmaster MegaSuccess 
> > >
> > > ___________________________________________________________
> > > This Message was Composed by a user of Automated E- Mail Software. If 
> > > you wish to be removed from this advertiser's future mailings, please
reply 
> > > with the subject "Remove" and this software will automatically block you 
> > > from their future mailings.
> > Ebiznet...when results are more important than pretty web pages!
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