on Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 09:42:31AM +1100, Chris Kenrick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #704>>Make A Buck Or Two @ TheMail.com - > Free Internet Email > >>Sign-up today at http://www.themail.com/ref.htm?ref=1763925 > > Did anyone else notice this bit? > > I had a quick look at the web page, and basically its a pyramid > scheme where you get money for signing people up. > > From the web page: > > "TheMail.com will pay you $0.0025 for each new email read by a > referral. TheMail.com will pay you $0.0005 for each new email read > by an indirect referral. At first glance this may seem very low and > not worth it, but believe me it adds up very quickly! If you have > just a few hundred persons in your downline you stand to make about > $20 - $30 a month. With a little time and effort $200 > - $300 a month is very attainable" > > Looks to me like they were/are trying to get people to join up and > thus make money out of them. Explains the blank messages, > anyway...
And, despite the "no spam" message, I've had no response from repeated
forwards to abuse@ and postmaster@ this address.
I've added the following rule to my procmail filters utilizing standard
response and whois addresses:
# Annoyance on debian-user Mon Dec 4 18:19:17 PST 2000
# It's actually a pyramid email spam thing.
:0
* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
! [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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