Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Spam mails
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 13:55:53 +0200
References: <3D1F018F.DF5F2B6F@domain.com.br> <5.1.0.14.0.20020701184526.01f9c050@pacific.net.sg>

Dan,

It is a ploy. By clicking on that link you confirm to the spammers that the
e-mail address is a good one. It then becomes a much more valuable commodity
and you can expect even more spam from all kinds of sources.

Nathan

D Khong wrote:

> Friends
>
> Some junk emails inform recipients to reply and inform accordingly if they
> do not wish to receive any more similar emails.
>
> Is this worthwhile doing or are they ploys to accumulate more email
> addresses for a database?
>
> Dan K.
>
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