Re: IBM becomes a SPAM Sponsor!

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From: Brad BARCLAY
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 00:00

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In <wjevpujjnpbz.f1vmge1.pminews@news.wwa.com>, "James W. Richards" <jwrichDELTHIS@wwa.com> writes:
>I just this e-mail received from IBM today.  I am really sick about it.  What
>the hell
>is IBM thinking with this move into spamming.  Is this their definition
>of e-commerce?  It looks like they are more screwed up than I
>could possibly imagine.  This just is just about the final straw in
>my thinking about staying with IBM products like OS/2. 

     I would say that the message in question has a forged header to make it 
look like it came from an IBM domain.  The ad you displayed isn't an IBM ad - 
the phone number given isn't even owned or controlled by IBM.

     Get used to it.  Spammers lie about who they are all the time.  Nobody 
particularily likes it, but it's hard to combat someone who hides behind false
addresses.

Brad BARCLAY

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From: yaztromo@idirect.com (Brad BARCLAY)
Subject: Re: IBM becomes a SPAM Sponsor!
Date: 1998/11/03
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