atw: Re: haven't heard from them since
- From: "Matilda Reich" <matildar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:36:01 +1100
Bruce,
You are so right! I spoke too soon... those blasted emails have returned and
more to boot. I was immune up till very recently as my email address is a
secondary account.
I delete them as soon as I spot them in my Inbox and then delete my Deleted
Items box.
Recently caught the funlove.gen virus and took four days of removal using
Ad-aware and McAfee. It used to be that you had to either click on an
executable or save an attachment, but this happened because I made the
mistake of opening a "Microsoft Support" email individually in another
window of Outlook. Apparently these days that's all it takes.
The worst are MyDoom or Norvag - these open a backdoor to your PC for
hackers via the internet and literally make a zombie of your machine (talk
about body-snatchers!). (Oh Brave New World.....)
PS - I gather there is no way to "opt out of spam" because of the difficulty
of tracing the origin.
Matilda Reich
----- Original Message -----
From: White, Bruce <white@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: atw: haven't heard from them since
> Matilda,
> "I haven't heard from them since"
> This is not the test you should apply.
>
> The accusations against SPAM companies is that they
> collect the names and addresses of all the people who
> unsubscribe and sell these on as "live" addresses.
>
> Live addresses are more productive than ones generated
> from ransom letters.
>
> The US has quite strict legislation allowing people to
> opt-out of SPAM, trouble is you have no idea about the
> country of origin.
>
>
> ...Bruce...
> WinHelp IT Editing
> ...we edit into hypertext formats
> mailto:white@xxxxxxxxxx
> (02) 9955 0344
> http://help2.nu
>
>
>
>
> } -----Original Message-----
> } From: Matilda Reich
> } Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:34 PM
> } To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> } Subject: atw: Re: Publishing printed manuals
> }
> }
> } Hello,
> <snip>
>
> } Re Michael Granat's comment: "clicking on one
> } of the so called remove me
> } from the list links) is really terrible idea
> } unless you want heaps more of
> } it."
>
> } I had that feeling too when I was the victim
> } of daily instalments from an
> } unsolicited Blind Date service. I held my
> } breath and replied to their
> } 'unsubscribe' email. Fortunately, I havent
> } heard from them since.
> }
> } from
> } Matilda Reich
> }
>
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