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OT: monday humor -- dumb spam...
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Tom Emerson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom Emerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:43:51 -0800
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no, I won't subject you to the actual message [it was full of HTML anyway] but 
I got a message in my inbox that I read just long enough to get a serious 
laugh out of before hitting delete -- the "message" was advertising the 
ability to advertise by e-mail.  They make the unsupported claim that 
"response rates can be as high as 5%" [what they don't point out is that 
99.999% of those responses are "go take a long walk on a short pier" type 
responses...]

But what REALLY tickled my funny bone was how you were supposed to reply: you 
had to PRINT the e-mail, enter some details about yourself and your needs, 
and FAX the message back to them

[it gets better: the "unsubscribe" instructions read (and I'm not making this 
up) "To be removed please call our automated removal system at <a phone 
number> Please note this is the only way to be removed. Removal request via 
fax or telephone will NOT be honored."]
- -- 
Yet another Blog: http://osnut.homelinux.net
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