Posted by Big Daddy Rico at port-cvx1-226.access.one.net on August 24, 2000 at 15:14:39:
In Reply to: Repost for Ming or Ben... Spam alert. posted by Darth Dobbin on August 24, 2000 at 14:00:05:
: Loathe as I am to be a stool pigeon, blowing a whistle, and snitching like a ..well, *snitch*, you guys *should* know this.
: I got an unsolicited SPAM-tastic newsletter from "SQUEAMISH PRODUCTIONS," which addressed me as "dear SQUEAMISH FAN:" and went on to tell me inane stuff I never asked to know about their production company.. And apparently, they "subscribed" me to this newsletter without any action on my part.
: The name in the "nickname" display showed up as BANKY EDWARDS, and the folks distributing this thing didn't even have the good graces to hide the list of email addresses in the CC area. It was obviously either stripped from the board with a script, or at the very least, hand-picked from the board's email addresses- it was a list of over 150 names. This kind of thing is just bad form.
: Here's the sender's email. Deal with it how you may.
: From: Banky Edwards [mailto:eeyore@acay.com.au]