RE: FYI

:o) - I am really enjoying this. I always thought it was only us hosting companies that have to deal with such mails. Divyank > -----Original Message----- > From: Derick Rethans [mailto:d.rethans@jdimedia.nl] > Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 5:04 PM > To: Gabor Hojtsy > Cc: webmaster@php.net > Subject: Re: FYI > > > 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/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > >