From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 27 4:43:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58B5937B401 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2001 04:43:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aw1@stade.co.uk) Received: from stade.demon.co.uk ([158.152.29.164]) by anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 15FDjk-000AkW-0W for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:44:00 +0100 Received: from titus.stade.co.uk (titus [192.168.1.5]) by stade.demon.co.uk (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f5RBhgs10257 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:43:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from aw1@titus.stade.co.uk) Received: (from aw1@localhost) by titus.stade.co.uk (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f5RBgWm75823 for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:42:32 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from aw1) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:42:32 +0100 From: Adrian Wontroba To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] Spam from Windriver - how should I react? Message-ID: <20010627124232.A74728@titus.stade.co.uk> Reply-To: aw1@stade.co.uk Mail-Followup-To: Adrian Wontroba , chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <15155.53722.908690.505545@guru.mired.org> <3B33E17D.F1F715BE@iowna.com> <3B33E769.A68AE1B8@pitt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3B33E769.A68AE1B8@pitt.edu>; from pfg1+@pitt.edu on Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:48:41PM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE Organization: Yes, I need some of that. Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:48:41PM -0400, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > If it's the same message I received then it is not spam. I was very > worried about not having heard of my FreeBSD CDs and their email just > informed me that they were in fact having problems with their > databases and that they appreciate my patience. If you supply your email address to an organisation, don't be surprised if they, or their heirs, use it to send you information which they think you ought to have. I too found this email useful, and wouldn't have objected if I had not. It reminded me that I'd heard nothing about my 4.3 FreeBSD CD subscription, and that JKH had mentioned some problems with CD distribution. An email to the contact address unstuck things for me. I received an email dispatch notice soon afterwards. Possibly my views about UCE are coloured by my having had the same email address for many years, being a regular usenet poster and the moderator of a group with adverts in its name (8-(. I get a _lot_ of unwanted / unexpected email, and have come to live with it. Junkfilter helps to keep me sane. -- Adrian Wontroba To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message