Re: offensive emails

[Lawrence A. Janowitch]

Thank you.  I got caught in this using my e-mail address.  I given up.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher J. Mackie" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 7:12 PM
Subject: RE: offensive emails


> Oh, please don't do that.  Most of these messages are *intended* to get
you
> to "unsubscribe."  Of course, you were never subscribed in the first
> place--it's only a ploy.  When you unsubscribe, the junk mailer knows that
> your email address (which was generated haphazardly) is 'live', and you're
> flooded with additional email.
>
> I've seen really nasty versions of this ploy--stuff advertising things
that
> would outrage anyone.  If you see something like that, it's almost
certainly
> not what it claims to be (mass mailing disgusting ads?  What a waste of
> money).  Instead, it's some junk mailer trolling for addresses to add to
the
> next mailing.
>
> Block the sender so you don't get anything more from that address, delete
> the message, and forget about it.
>
> --Chris Mackie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of Florian Schedler
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 6:52 PM
> To: list-swarm-support
> Subject: Re: smut
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I followed the link in your your mail. The page it links to contains only
a
> form where you can enter your email address in order to unsubscribe. There
> is no obscene content nor any other content of any kind on that page.
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Florian.
>
>
> On 23.04.2002 23:06 Uhr, "Sharon Gifford" <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > Martin,
> > I received an obscene email through address@hidden  I can't
> > forward it forward it. The message was from
address@hidden
> > They suggested that I visit their Web site
> > http://virginbest.com/cgi/WWCnotify.pl to remove my name.  I do not want
> to
> > visit the site.
> >
> > Suggestions?
> >
>
>
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