Re: [ OT ] Anyone know what the deal is with worthless spam?

[Tesla Coil <tescoil@evilkat.com>]

On 30 Nov 2004, Ken Keefe wrote:
> So, I understand why people spam with addresses to websites
> that sell you stuff. However, has anyone noticed a rise in 
> spam that includes worthless or broken links? [...]  Does
> anyone see the logic behind this? 

Yes, that rapid reportage has led the spamvertised website's
host to pull their plug for TOS violations.

> Usually I am going to these sites to email requests to be
> removed from their list, but this type of thing happens 
> pretty frequently. 

"REMOVE" is Chinese for "I read your spam, please send more."  
Go here instead:  http://www.spamcop.net


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