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Posted on 04/24/2003 10:59:07 PM PDT by green team 1999
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To: green team 1999
I keep a hotmail address for travel and such. I was getting 50 spams a day until I made it exclusive, only accepting messages from a specific list.
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posted on
04/25/2003 9:28:52 AM PDT
by
js1138
To: green team 1999
e-mail addresses listed on both personal and corporate websites. Excuse me but is not putting your email address on a website inviting people to email you? How is that unsolicited email?
Here is my phone number, don't call me!
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posted on
04/25/2003 9:29:27 AM PDT
by
Lysander
(My army can kill your army)
To: goldstategop
Any business that has to make a living by cheating and conning its customers deserves to be shut down So, does the Government also fall into this category? lol
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posted on
04/25/2003 9:43:57 AM PDT
by
ItsOurTimeNow
(This is a new tagline)
To: TBall
"For the last week or so I have been replying to every spam email to remove me from the mailing list. Will this work and what about the spam that does not have a remove option?"
Always remove yourself from the list. There's about a dozen companies that sell the email lists. Some will filter their lists for those that have requested removal. It certainly won't work 100% of the time but it should help.
Another thing to consider is that a lot of the spammers aren't in the USA. A few groups in Russia are heavy into Internet marketing. There is one Russian group that buys expired domain names for redirects. They also sell email lists, etc.
How do you police the spammers that are based in Russia, China, Maylasia, Singapore, etc.?
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posted on
04/25/2003 10:00:45 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: Busywhiskers
Fastest way to get rid of spam is to tax it.Is this where the Postal Services proposed 5 cent
tax on e-mail urban myth is supposed to be brought up?
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posted on
04/25/2003 10:08:47 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
("Those who know, don't talk. Those who talk, don't know." (I'm in the 2nd group.))
To: Lysander
In many cases having contact info on a website is required. For example...If you have a commercial website that accepts credit cards, your merchant account provider will require it (if reputible).
This does not mean I am inviting spam. I have no problem at all with cusomers contacting me, but that is a far stretch from "inviting people to email" me. Exactly how is displaying contact info an "invitation", and how is that soliciting anything???? Especially since I don't have any particular need to increase my penis size.
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posted on
04/25/2003 10:36:47 AM PDT
by
kissthis
To: boycott; All
aol is trying constantly to sell aol,time.warner, items,from cd music to subscriptions to dvd movies,but all the products are from the same superbig aoltimewarner.
i tell all my friends to stay away from aol.
To: TBall
For the last week or so I have been replying to every spam email to remove me from the mailing list. Will this work and what about the spam that does not have a remove option? Even if it does, there is nothing to stop the spammer selling your address to another as a prized active e-mail addressee who actually opens unsolicited e-mail.
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:46:42 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Paging Nehemiah Scudder:The Crazy Years are peaking. America is ready for you.)
To: green team 1999
Oh, and Where spam comes from?
Spam is Babe!
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posted on
04/25/2003 6:50:56 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Paging Nehemiah Scudder:The Crazy Years are peaking. America is ready for you.)
To: green team 1999
"Where spam comes from"
French head cheese!
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posted on
04/25/2003 7:01:37 PM PDT
by
lawdude
To: tubebender
Just what is "mechanically separated chicken", anyway?
To: snopercod
Just what is "mechanically separated chicken", anyway?The first thing that came to mind was those shredders Saddam used...never mind
To: Lysander
This is like arguing that having a window is an invitation to throw bricks through it.
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posted on
04/27/2003 9:09:17 PM PDT
by
steve-b
To: TBall
I got a porn email last week that involved guinea pigs. I'm not kidding. I am so sick of this stuff.
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posted on
04/27/2003 10:10:37 PM PDT
by
Vicki
(Truth and Reality)
To: steve-b
This is like arguing that having a window is an invitation to throw bricks through it. LOL! Close, but as bad an anology as mine. It is more like saying that leaving your curtains open is an invitation to watch you get dressed.
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posted on
04/28/2003 5:29:29 AM PDT
by
Lysander
(My army can kill your army)
To: green team 1999
It can be even worse. Recently, I had spammers spoof my domain in the "from" field of their mass mailings, to make it look as though the spam was coming from my server!
Anyone have any idea of how to stop this abuse?
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posted on
04/28/2003 5:35:30 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(Why is it called "International Law" if only Israel and the United States are expected to keep it?)
To: Alouette
Write to your ISP and tell them someone is abusing your e-mail domain to send out spam. They will investigate and take appropriate action against the party responsible for the domain abuse.
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posted on
04/28/2003 5:43:22 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
( In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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