Re: AS/400 vendor spam

On Saturday 16 November 2002 6:18 pm, Douglas Handy wrote:
> Martin et al (and particularly David...),
>
> >Is anyone else getting spam from Macro Computer Products?
>
> I have too, but I can't confirm the address was farmed from these
> lists.  I use the same address for everything, which is looking to be a
> mistake.  I may switch to multiple addresses to enable tracking of some
> sources.

Hi Doug

I tried that, but then couldn't always remember just what address I'd used
at what site - particularly annoying if it's needed to log in. I've just
resorted to fairly draconian email filters that are sometimes a bit over
the top, but get the job done ;)

> Suspected farming should always be reported to David privately...

I don't think mining of David's lists is at fault here, given that they've
used several addresses for me and I only post here with this one. Plus
one of the addresses was one I used to register with Search400, but I
stopped using them once I realised they were passing my address to
others, when I'd ticked the box to opt out from list sharing. I guess
maybe they've just aquired such a list and are busy making use of it :(

Regards, Martin
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