[24hoursupport] Re: Spam and other garbage
- From: "Tricia" <Arnaidat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 12:32:58 -0700
One thing that the intranet software services at my company did was to
screen offensive words in the subject. I guess the email software can't do
that since there my be some people who fall for this junk and actually want
the communication.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William B. Lurie" <billurie@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Twenty-four hour support" <24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:20 AM
Subject: [24hoursupport] Spam and other garbage
>
> Ron, I think you'll find that this is an epidemic that is
> 'going around', and is impossible to stop. These are
> just cretins, as you said, with nothing more constructive
> to do than learn new ways to be annoying. Their only
> reward is the knowledge that people are bothered. They
> find ways to accomplish it, even though we do all in our
> power to thwart them. It would take super software
> experts (like Microsoft) to find ways to detect, identify,
> and even punish them, but even the newsgroups where
> advice close to Microsoft emanates, don't seem to take
> an active interest.
>
> I've given up. I have filters that detect 90% of their garbage
> and delete it automatically. And, thank heaven, I have
> anti-virus software and two-layer ISP protection as well.
> I'm resigned to just live with it until it goes away.
>
> Bill Lurie
>
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