tons of spam

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jun 18 14:06:32 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 20:39 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> jdow wrote:
> 
> > Before you get abusive like this Ed, it'd be wise to check if he has
> > actually
> > used the address to send an email to a Fedora list. He has not, within
> > the last
> > month and a half, sent any to any Fedora list to which I am subscribed.
> > If he
> > has NEVER sent a message with the gasjr4wd username before then he
> > might have a case. It does not look like a random ID, so I suspect he has
> > used it before elsewhere and the spam usage is coincidental.
> 
> Well, if you consider it abusive I will take it under advisement.
> 
> Yet, I just can't reconcile how one can attribute an increase in spam to the
> relative worth of a Linux distribution.
> 
> Be that as it may, I always use my real email address in all of lists I'm
> subscribed to.  Yet, the spam that reaches my inbox is very, very small
> since I know what measures to take.  Yes, I overestimate the power of others
> on this list.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ed

I agree with our old friend jdow, that you up the abusive level yoo
easily. You are right his spam has nothing to do with Fedora but you
could do it without attacking him so strongly.
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