Re: IBM becomes a SPAM Sponsor!

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From: Tim Martin
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 00:00

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Brad BARCLAY wrote:
> 
>      I would say that the message in question has a forged header to make it
> look like it came from an IBM domain.  

Gee, you don't think someone would alter a document
so it was obviously inaccurate and appear to be from
IBM, do you?

>      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.

And then there are those who publish those inaccurate
documents so often they take on a life of their own
and are soon quoted and believed as truthful.  But
that's crazy, isn't it?  It could NEVER happen in the
OS/2 community.
-- 
Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City Web Site
http://come.to/warpcity (ICQ: 15246857)
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Subject: Re: IBM becomes a SPAM Sponsor!
Date: 1998/11/03
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