This is just my two cents and is meant in a friendly tongue-in-cheek manner,
so please don't blast me for it but,,,,,
It appears that an awful lot of keystrokes have been expended for what could
have been accomplished with one key, namely <delete>. The title of these
spam messages are fairly descriptive and so can be easily ignored or
deleted. Unfortunately, when they illicit the volume of responses that they
have here, their impact is multiplied and their visibility increased. The
ripple effect is a sort of sub-spam emanating out from the original.
I know that no one wants to receive porn messages including myself. But
like death and taxes, they exist. Hit delete and move on!
AC
-----Original Message-----
From: Stigers, Greg ~ AND [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 12:45 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: *****100 % Free Spam*****; was worse
* sigh *. From this list, and URLs provided on this list, I have learned
perfectly reasonable ways to help fight spam. Some regard this as a
futile effort, and sometimes I wonder. Other times, I remember the
automated sales machines that would call me at home, and play a record
spiel. Those seem to have gone away. I can only hope, and work toward
such a happy end to spam. I would encourage concerned parties to search
the list archives for information on spam.
I started with http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links/cgi/whois.cgi,
to find out that the domain name bearcatonline.com is hosted by
hostworx.net. Unfortunately, a visit to their site was less than
encouraging. I could find no terms of service, but their home page
caters to sites of this ilk. That does not mean that they encourage
spamming. I noticed that they are also members of LinkExchange; I wonder
if there are membership standards.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Pierce [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 3:19 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] *****100 % Free Porn*****
>
> It is a shame that these things make it to the list. Lest we not
> forget
> that the good of the list outweighs the bad and you will have these
> inappropriate list materials show up time and time again, cleverly
> masked.
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