Martin Radford said:

> At Fri Jun 13 17:14:50 2003, Benjamin A. Shelton wrote:
> > 
> > > This was a hoot...!
> > 
> > This is one thing I'll never understand.  Why advertise anti-spam software
> > by spamming?  I mean, if it really did work, you wouldn't be able to
> > advertise anymore!
> 
> I've heard (but don't know how true it is), that in some cases
> spammers send spam advertising anti-spam software in a bid to
> discredit the software and spread misinformation about it (and its
> authors). 

Yep, frequently happens to Julian Haight (of spamcop) and Steve Linford
(of the spamhaus BL).

--j.


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