Received from the Boston Computer Society mailinglist. Thought it would be
of interest to all here:
>Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:49:02 -0400
>From: darius @
world .
std .
com (Darius Thabit)
>To: isig @
bcs .
org
>Subject: FWD> spamorama
>Cc: nh-isig @
bcs .
org
>Sender: owner-isig @
bcs .
org
>Reply-To: isig @
bcs .
org
>
>
>FYI ...
>
>------------------------------------
>
>Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 18:33:43 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Phil Agre <pagre @
weber .
ucsd .
edu>
>
>[An RRE subscriber has found the spammers' secret clubhouse. Don't flame
>or trash them, but I think it would be great if somebody wanted to monitor
>the list and/or read the archives and write a thoughtful commentary on the
>spammers' methods and thinking. I should say that not everyone on the list
>is a spammer, but many are.]
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>This message was forwarded through the Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE).
>Send any replies to the original author, listed in the From: field below.
>You are welcome to send the message along to others but please do not use
>the "redirect" command. For information on RRE, including instructions
>for (un)subscribing, send an empty message to rre-help @
weber .
ucsd .
edu
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 18:43:31 -0500
>From: <<an RRE subscriber>>
>
>You might be interested to know about a list that appears to be gaining in
>credibility among Internet marketers, the DEMA (Direct Email marketing
>Association) list. I detest unsolicted commercial email but joined the list
>just to keep tabs on what they're up to.
>
>Topics include such things as which newsgroup email-gathering software is
>the best, how to make your unsolicted email targeted for the group so it's
>more easily accepted, etc.
>
>I was mildly amused once that the moderator clipped a poster's sig file
>because it exceeded the "6 lines dictated by netiquette"! I emailed and
>asked, "Is it ok to waste someone else's resources but not your own?". He
>wasn't amused, though. Needless to say my comments didn't make it to the
>list.
>
>DEMA postings are archived at http://kww.com/dema/.
>
>
>
>
Best to ya from the Sticks o New Hampshire,
Kenny
"I just showed you my own personal hell, and you
want me to show you heaven?" MM 3/24/96
-----------------------------------------------------------
Home Page: http://www.zipnet.net/users/bourbeau/
Maria McKee Mailinglist email: bourbeau @
worldpath .
net
Rod Stewart Digest email: rodfans @
worldpath .
net
------------------------------------------------------------
|
|