[wplug] spam influx?
Henry Umansky
hmust2+ at pitt.edu
Sun Sep 7 13:29:25 EDT 2003
Not to mention that spammers would have a field day with that "do not
email" database of emails and open relays.
--On Sunday, September 07, 2003 12:35 PM -0400 John Harrold
<jmh17+ at pitt.edu> wrote:r
> Sometime in September Alexandros Papadopoulos assaulted the keyboard and
> produced:
>
> Content-Description: signed data
>| 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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Henry Umansky
University of Pittsburgh
Computing Services and Systems Development
hmust2 [at] pitt [dot] edu
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