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Re: Andy's SPAMing



I got it too :)

Stefan
Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message
3823ED97.1325643@swbell.net">news:3823ED97.1325643@swbell.net...
> Gabriel Morales writes ...
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> >         I received an e-Mail from "Andy" <andy911@chat.ru> in my
eMailbox this
> > morning, along with the other 19 recipients, I'm sure, excluding those
> > with SPAM-proof e-Mail addresses.
> >
> >         It occurred to me that the connection between all these
recipients this
> > electronic junk mail was sent to is most probably CSA2. Now, I would
> > like to know who else this SPAM was sent to, if anyone else,- The reason
> > for this SPAMing (money, hits, what?)- and hear from those other
recipients.
> >
>  ....
>
>      Yes; got the email-- something about "I found it" with a URL. (No
telling
> what "it" is/was. I routinely delete several such emails every day without
> reading beyond the first line.)  Probably, the purpose of many such emails
is
> to score a hit, which translates eventually to $$$.
>
>      Of course, the big reason so much stuff on the net is "free" is
> advertising. So, banners on web pages and a bit of spam in emails is to be
> expected.
>
>      Non-computer-stuff spam on the Csa2 newsgroups is different. Sending
an
> 'abuse@' email complaint to one or more servers listed in the header path
seems
> like a good idea.
>
>
>
> > Come visit my domain at http://www.concentric.net/~Togega/.
>
>      Have been there several times-- neat site!
>
>
>
> Rubywand