[wplug] spam influx?

John Harrold jmh17 at pitt.edu
Sun Sep 7 12:35:23 EDT 2003


Sometime in September Alexandros Papadopoulos assaulted the keyboard and produced:

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| On Sunday 07 September 2003 12:19, Albert E. Whale, CISSP wrote:
| <snip>
| > In the not too distant Future, we will be offering FREE E-Mail addresses
| > on the No-JunkMail.com Web Site.
| 
| Or, there could be a registry like the "Do Not Call" list, for phone spam
| http://www.donotcall.gov/
| 
| Likely, since email seems to grow as important as telephone.

i don't think "do not email" lists will be as successful. the reason is
that most of my spam comes from over seas (mainly asia), where as
telemarketers are generally here in the states and subject to the laws
here. 



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