On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Somnolent wrote: : Mark Panzer wrote: : > : > > As a matter of fact, I too have received a few... one from some : > > jerk on AOL advertising 'beanie-baby grab-bags' and one from... : > > heck, can't remember which major news net, ZDNET maybe? (didn't save : > > it) :(... exclaiming all the 'neato' features of Windoze 98 ;/ : > : > I also had the exact same spam mail (beanie bags and all) there should : > be a debian policy against using e-mail archives for spam-mail : > purposes. It really does get annoying recieving such mail. : : For the record, I received that beanie bag spam twice, both before I : join this list. So this list shouldn't be regarded as an exclusive : source, if it is a source at all.
Also, let's not forget that the lists are gatewayed to UseNet. It's far more likely that the addresses are being picked up there. If you're POSTING to UseNet ... well, expect spam :) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
