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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!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!blackbush.xlink.net!ins.net!essen.ins.net!news.dir.net!onyx.dirnet.com!not-for-mail From: martin@onyx.dirnet.com (Martin Spott) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: for sale: *YOUR* email address. Date: 20 Nov 1996 08:23:13 GMT Organization: home Lines: 17 Message-ID: <56uf5h$lh3@onyx.dirnet.com> References: <3291CC65.6638@dont.spam.me> NNTP-Posting-Host: onyx.dirnet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 BETA-950824-16colors PL0] Andrew Atrens (please@dont.spam.me) wrote: : : Somehow, somewhere, someone has gotten hold of email : address and is providing it, or selling it to : various spamming entities. [...] I'm recognizing increasing amounts of unwanted junk mail in the past two weeks. In one the sender mentioned the words "your newsposting", so I believe they're just scanning newsgroups to get email adresses. Martin. -- EMail: I prefer correspondence to: Martin.Spott@onyx.dirnet.com If necessary, business mail can be sent to: Martin.Spott@uni-duisburg.de -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------