Re: [CH] Don't respond to the Potato Patch spam!
Harry Jones (hajones@swbell.net)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 20:24:59 -0600
Well, I didn't respond and still got two more emails from 'em. Either
they're incredibly stupid, or just 'nother spammer . . . .
Harry
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Metcalfe <biosphere@proaxis.com>
To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Date: Monday, February 16, 1998 7:07 PM
Subject: [CH] Don't respond to the Potato Patch spam!
>CH's
>
>I responded (with mucho qualms about it), asking them to not spam the list.
>As I feared, they just harvested my e-mail address as valid, and added me
to
>their mass mailer. I've received 2 more spams from them today. Ain't this
>just *lovely*.
>
>Anyway, I think these guys are semi-legit, in that they're actually trying
>to provide a service, but have no clue about how to go about it. So they're
>probably easily traceable, and an e-mail to 'abuse' at their ISP will
>probably work well. But I don't really want to get their account cancelled
>(even if it's possible) - I really do think they're just a bit misguided.
So
>I'll sit out a bit more spam before I do anything. But in the meantime,
it's
>probably not a good plan for any of you guys to walk in my footsteps - your
>e-mail addresses will likely be recorded and used, even if they're not sold
>to a spam mailing list 'service'. Which they may be - my opinion of Potato
>Patch legitimacy is just that- an opinion.
>
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