Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 18:53:56 +0200 From: Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for opinions: what is spam Message-ID: <3BE815A4.44939BBB@duth.gr> References: <3BE81422.7080304@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran wrote [heavily snipped]: > Got an email today through the "moreinfo@" address for my > company, which is listed on the web site on the contact > page. The email stated that "I got your email from a > list server". > > Now, technically this is a lie, because the "moreinfo@" address > is _never_ used to _send_ mail, so it would never appear on > any list server. Perhaps it's got something to do with me being paranoid, but I read this as "I got your email form a server we spammers use that hosts a list of valid email addresses so heeeeeeuge, you wouldn't believe". > So my first question is: "Is this spam?" Yep, it definitely is, I received a similarly worded mail recently, and it was addressed to a sales@ account that it's only sign of existense is a link on a corporate site. --kkonstan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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