Re: Chain Letters

[Dan Robinson / Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

Nice idea, but it won't work. I don't need the address in a sig to
get an email address, I just go to the headers. Those are put in by
the computer and you can't change them unless you're going to spoof
your email and then LM_NET won't accept the message for posting
anyway.

You can go to the LM_NET archives and pull off any number of
messages with valid addresses. It's one of the disadvantages of a
public archive. But I'll put up with the slight inconvenience of junk
mail rather than close off the archives.

If you've visited a website, your address has been recorded in a log
file. Most places use them for legitimate purposes and statisistics.
But some places sell them to mass emailers.


On 19 Jun 97 at 16:52, Peter Godoy wrote:

> Date:          Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:52:33 -0700
> Reply-to:      Peter Godoy <pgodoy1@SAN.RR.COM>
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> From:          Peter Godoy <pgodoy1@SAN.RR.COM>
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> Subject:       Re: Chain Letters
> To:            LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU

> I received 1 chain letter today and quickly deleted it without
> response. Many thanks to Carol for her tip on defeating these
> parasitic robots.  I'll use her trick from now on.  Please note the
> spaces and do not type them in.
>
> Donna Godoy
> Hage Elementary School
> From home
> PGODOY1 @ san.rr.com