Re: ! why?
From: James Gallagher (citog_at_mac.com)
Date: 03/25/04
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 01:37:44 +0800 To: __Clint__ <clint@acm.vt.edu>
On 25 Mar 2004, at 21:37, __Clint__ wrote:
>>> The "clint+freebsddotorg@acm.vt.edu" email was a one-time disposable
>>> email address that I only ever gave to FreeBSD.org.
>>
>> Well, you started out with the right strategy, but you abandoned it
>> too
>> soon. You've now blown what looks like your real email address.
>> Never
>> reveal your true email address, for it can be used against you.
>
> How have I blown it? I sent a note to abuse@freebsd.com when I got
> spammed. The automatic bounceback said to send it to
> questions@freebsd.com. If questions@freebsd.com is actually a mail
> list,
> I was never told.
>
> So yes -- maybe it's been blown (even further) now.
>
> But that is due to your poor bounceback message.
>
> 1) I get spam
> 2) I complain to abuse
> 3) it bounces with a message to use another address
> 4) I guess, from what you've said, that address is a mail list
>
> so in exchange for complaining about you selling my
> clint+freebsddotorg@acm.vt.edu email address to spammers, you have now
> redirected me into unknowningly posting to a mail list, thereby causing
> more spam.
>
> Maybe when I get spam I should just sit here helpless and do nothing.
>
> But that didn't work well for the jews in WWII.
> Complacency is not an attitude I like to adopt.
Clint,
Try to put things in perspective. You're saying you've received email
you don't want - don't compare yourself to victims of the Holocaust.
That drops your credibility to a lot less than 0. Secondly, you rant
about creating an email address that is specific to this group, and
expect us to derive from that, that you are an uber SPAM aware blocker.
Then you plead newbie ignorance when you posted to an email address
that you could have checked out with a trivial Google search. Here's a
hint:
http://www.google.com/search?q=freebsd-
questions%40freebsd.org&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf
-8&oe=utf-8 - look at the search terms. Trivial. You're not a victim of
SPAM, you're an attention seeker. Go and look for help with that issue
on another list.
James
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