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Recently, I posted some information to austin.internet on the spam
campaign that Austin Ventures has started.  I've been looking over some
of the other spam I've received from the same source, and I've got a
funny feeling I know how they got my address.

I think the Austin Chronicle has started providing email address lists
to spammers.  During SXSW I attended a recruiting event they sponsored.
The unsolicited junk email started after that.

Anybody else out there attend any of the Austin Chronicle recruiting
events?  Have you started getting spam from Austin Ventures and hire.com
too?

This really sucks.  I tend to give out a tagged email address if I
suspect it might be subject to spamming.  I didn't do that with the Austin
Chronicle.  I trusted them to do right, and it looks like they turned
over my address to spammers.  That sucks.

-- 
Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>                      http://www.unicom.com/
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Junk email is theft.  There ought to be a law.        http://www.cauce.org/
"That's not communication.  That's gargling."  -Geoffrey Nunberg