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Article #2398Re: Anyone else getting this email spam?
From: Robert Atkins
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 00:00
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Dave Horsfall (dave@fgh.fgh.oz.au) wrote:
: In article <4oesbe$a01@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au>,
: c9412417@lily.newcastle.edu.au (Robert Atkins) writes:
: | This is beginning to really give me the shits. I got some spam from some
: | loser at netcom.com (postmaster notified already) about how, for the low
: | price of $300, I too could spam 20 million other net users with my
: | advertising. Since then I've been the proud recipient of the following
: | two messages, plus about three or four more.
: I get a better response with "abuse@netcom.com" (and "abuse@aol.com");
: I guess the "postmaster" alias gets so much mail it's rarely read.
Netccom were quite good, actually. I got a reply from postmaster saying
"next time, try abuse first, you'll be processed quicker" and an
automated response from abuse saying my complaint was being dealt with.
Cheers,
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