What's been bothering me lately is I've been getting more and more spam
to this address (the one that's in the FAQ and on the website) that implies
I've done something to opt-in to their list.
I know for certain that I've never, NEVER, EVER opted in to any commercial
list from this address. My business e-mail address (which never appears on
web pages, newsgroups, etc.) gets almost no spam, even though I'm on a
bunch of vendor lists and such.
I'm sure some are just faking the "Here's the info you requested" subject
to get people to read it. (Trust me, I've never requested any information
about Viagra - LOL!) But the way some of them look, I think slimeballs are
selling spam lists, like those collected from web pages and newsgroups,
to unsuspecting businesses as lists which people have voluntarily
subscribed to.
Anybody else noticed this?
annie :) (keeper of alt.food.peeps FAQ)
P.S. It's Peep Season again! (If anybody cares.) http://www.geekbabe.com/peeps/
> The last years I've received about a dozen of spams each day to the
> contact-adress on the FAQ I try to take care of. (Despite putting a
> www/e-mail robot as the primary means to contact me and the cirka 60
> contributors.) As the time to sort out and delete spams usually
> required much more time than processing the serious questions and
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