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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!mr.net!nntp.earthlink.net!usenet From: Jason Fordham <jclf@interverse.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: for sale: *YOUR* email address. Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 13:30:02 -0800 Organization: Xenu Liberation Front Lines: 25 Message-ID: <329226DA.125C@interverse.com> References: <3291CC65.6638@dont.spam.me> Reply-To: jclf@interverse.com NNTP-Posting-Host: anwaya.earthlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) Andrew Atrens wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > Somehow, somewhere, someone has gotten hold of email > address and is providing it, or selling it to > various spamming entities. I'm getting spams about > everything from penpals to `lifestyles'(?) . At > first it was mildly amusing, but now less so as the > volume appears to be growing, and growing. > > Has anyone else had this happen? And if so, what did > you do/can you do to stop it? > > Any/all help/suggestions appreciated. I got a 'penpal' mailing - and replied that I would happily proofread any further mail from that domain for $50/line. Any e-mail sent by that domain would constitute acceptance of these terms. I allowed one free proofreading which had to have a subject 'we will not send you any more junk e-mail' (just in case they didn't get the message). I've had nothing since. Jason Fordham