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Old 9th Jun 2003, 04:41
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Good point Tinny. I do have to send a few e-mails every day being a mod. Sometimes loads, sometimes one or two so I have to look at all that comes back to my inbox. Your right in what you say though, if I got one in any of my other addys then I wouldn't hesitate to just delete it but some people do send and recive a lot hence the warning.
This doesn't seem to be a technique to get spam out, though it does offer a simple way for spammers to avoid been detected
Surely the product name is a dead giveaway........ Can't someone just go to whoever is selling whatever and do them????? An example is the one I got. Can't the trading standards people go and get them for sending unsolicited mail and if they cover things up by not using an address, as they do, just a web-page with a form to fill in and a link to pay-pal or something like that- then who do they think are going to be stupid enough to buy the said product when they don't even know who or where they are?
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