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RE: [cobalt-users] [Was] IMPORTANT - Email harvesting [Now O/T]



[top posting just because this became O/T suddenly]

<baffled look>
What???

Groetjes,
-Colin
--
Colin J. Raven

 
> Never thought I had an attractive email address :)
> 
> And how did the spammers know I suffered from snoring????
> 
> Adam 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Edward Bishop [SMTP:eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	22 August 2001 13:07
> To:	cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: [cobalt-users] IMPORTANT - Email harvesting
> 
> 
> > Anyway back to the original post: Since subscribing to this list I have
> > suddenly started receiving two/three spam mails each day. I am very
> > careful about handing out this email address and it is pretty clear the
> > spam started after I subscribed.
> >
> > What this indicates is that there is email harvesting going on.
> 
> For what it's worth, I've been on the list a few months and haven't had
> this
> spam.
> 
> Perhaps your blue-chip email address looks more attractive to 
> spammers than
> mine does. Otherwise, it must have been mined/harvested elsewhere.
> 
> Eddie Bishop
> 
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