Re: FYI
| From: | Derick Rethans | 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
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