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From: Karl Low <kwil@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: That damned spammer...
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:07:07 -0700
-----Original Message-----
From: Dvixen <dvixen@********.COM>
To: PLOTD@********.ITRIBE.NET <PLOTD@********.ITRIBE.NET>
Date: March 18, 1998 11:58 PM
Subject: That damned spammer...


>Being as this spammer seems to have hit all the itribe lists... (Apologies
>to those who recieved the multiple versions of this... ;)
>
>What most likely happened, is someone got ahold of instructions on how to
>subscribe to the list, did so, and sent a message the the listproc with the
>command 'who' It would return to him the complete list of who is subscribed
>to the list(s), except for those who are set to conceal. (Of course, the
>moment I post, everyone knows I'm still here...) FYI, I haven't received any
>of these spams. :)
>
>Setting yourself to conceal would help in the future, but as for stopping
>coolio, he's already got your addy from the list. :/
>

Of course.. this spam does have the added benefit of having his real life name
and address on it..

Anybody have any good ideas what to do with it?

Order a thousand pizza's or something? :)

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