Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 02:08:51 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Intel really screwing it up... 8) Message-ID: <199710231638.CAA01259@word.smith.net.au>
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Those of you who are following the current mini-saga with Intel will
find the latest installment quite in keeping with the high standard set
so far.
A moderately discreet little piece of spam wandered in a few minutes
ago:
------- Forwarded Message
From: i21@surveyweb.com
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:26:43 -0700
Message-Id: <199710231626.JAA16723@surveyweb.com>
To: mike@smith.net.au
Subject: Regarding your recent contact with Intel's electronic support
Dear Intel Customer:
Intel is currently working to improve the quality of its electronic
support and as part of this effort would value your feedback
about your experience using this service. If you submitted your
inquiry via a newsgroup, your reply may have been posted to the
newsgroup and not mailed directly to you. Please check the newsgroup for a
reply to your inquiry before beginning the survey.
The survey should take about 10 minutes and is located at the
following Web site:
http://intel_tech.surveyweb.com
To start the survey, enter the following information exactly as it
appears here:
Your email address is: mike@smith.net.au
Your survey password is: xxxxx
Intel has contracted with Griggs-Anderson Research to conduct these
ongoing evaluations of the quality of electronic support provided by
Intel. Your responses will be forwarded directly to Griggs-Anderson
Research. Unless you request an additional contact from Intel, your
answers will not be associated with your name, or your company name.
No information about you will be sold or furnished to any company or
agency for any purpose whatsoever.
Please complete the survey as soon as you can so your recall of
service quality will be at its peak!
On the behalf of Intel - thank you very much for your feedback.
------- End of Forwarded Message
Well gee, the thought of a free potshot at Intel was just too good to
resist.
But lo, what do we have here? An *underscore* in this high-tech survey
company's hostname. Whacko, looks like Intel are indeed keeping their
standards up.
OK, let's be professional. Start by trying 'www.surveyweb.com', after
all, they must have at least a mailto to handle their users.
The contents of http://www.surveyweb.com/ :
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>title</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000">
<P ALIGN="center">
page
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
I guess it's not lying though, is it?
I can't say I'm amazed, but I have to admit that this is about as
pathetic as it gets. Well done all 'round.
mike
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