Re: IMPORTANT: Secure your DOMAIN for only $15/year

["Mike A. Harris" <mharris opensourceadvocate org>]

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, savebigondomains wrote:

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tele.dk eh?

>From: "savebigondomains" <savebigondomains@yahoo.com>

Yahoo, I doubt it, but they should get a complaint to just to be
safe.

>To: <guinness-list@redhat.com>
>Subject: IMPORTANT: Secure your DOMAIN for only $15/year
>Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:15:30 -0800
>Message-ID: <LOBBJAHDLNMOFGNOPNNMKECIEIAA.savebigondomains@yahoo.com>

I bet this account is already gone.

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Since when does Yahoo use outlook?  Smells funny to me.  ;o)

Why anyone would go to a SPAMster to register a domain is beyond
me, especially when www.dotster.com will do the same thing for
$15 without spamming.


[SNIP]
>"THIS IS NOT A SPAM.

The mere fact that you are stating this, implies that you KNOW
that every recipient that receives it is going to treat it as
SPAM because that is exactly what it is.  Saying "This is not
spam" does not change anything.


>THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT IN COMPLIANCE OF THE EMAIL
>BILL: SECTION 301. PER SECTION #)!, PARAGRAPH (a) (2) (c) of S. 1618. WE
>RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL
>ADDRESS FOR A ONE TIME MAILING AS THAT OF AN INDIVIDUAL INTERESTED IN
>RECEIVING INFORMATION ABOUT LEGITIMATE BUSINESS. IF THIS MESSAGE IS IN
>ERROR, PLEASE FORGIVE THIS INTRUSION AND SEND A BLANK EMAIL WITH
>"UNSUBSCRIBE" IN THE SUBJECT LINE TO nothanksdomains@usa.net  AND YOUR
>ADDRESS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY AND PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM OUR LIST"

1) The above cited bill is *NOT* a law anywhere in the world let
alone in the US.  There was a *bill* initially like 2 years ago,
but it was just that, a bill, and NEVER GOT PASSED INTO
LAW.  This above notice on ANY SPAM is completely BOGUS, sorry no
dice pal.

Thanks for the extra ISP to complain to though.

Lets see:

abuse@tele.dk
postmaster@tele.dk
abuse@yahoo.com
abuse@usa.net

Everyone annoyed by this spam, forward the entire message
including headers to all of the above addresses, and kiss this
loser goodbye.

That is what I'm doing after this message.  Don't believe the
bogus claims of legal spam, there is NO such law for legal spam
sending.



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