Re: FYI

From: Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:34:03 +0000
Subject: Re: FYI
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > Thank you for your reply on 1/26/03. I have pasted a copy of it below. > > Since I continue to receive daily unsolicited spam from your company and > > have tried (unsuccessfully) to remove myself from your list(s), I can > > find no other solution but to forward each email I receive from your > > company to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. > > Heh. We are not sending you any spam. If you keep thinking that we are > the bad guys, you are on the wrong path. The U.S. Federal Trade > Commission won't be able to help you I am afraid. Email addresses can be > faked. Anybody can send out mails with your email address, as if were > sent by you. This is how the system is designed. The guys who started > out sending emails never thought that it will go this far. > > Here is a "service", where you can try to send a mail from any address > to your mailbox, and see how any mail address can be used to send out > mails without the original email address holder knowing about the > thing... http://sendfakemail.com/ hehe... buncha morons :-) Derick -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ JDI Media Solutions http://www.jdimedia.nl/ PHP Magazine - PHP Magazine for Professionals http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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