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Re: cookies and other spam
The easiest way to STOP a Spam or a series of unacceptable emails is to NOT
REPLY TO THEM.
----- Original Message -----
From: "matt kaufman" <mek at eclipse_net>
To: <KillieTalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 01:50 PM
Subject: cookies and other spam
>
> Folks, please don't forward spam like the famously false cookie story to
the list. Or virus
> warnings. Or other urban legends ('send this mail and Microsoft will send
you $1000.' or
> 'Craig Shergold is dying of cancer and wants to set a Guinness record..'
or 'i woke up in a tub
> full of ice missing my kidneys,' etc etc.) It just gratifies whatever
nitwit started the thread and clogs
> up a bunch of mail boxes.
>
> If you receive a 'virus warning,' check out www.symantec.com's anti virus
research center.
> If you receive _any_ chain letters, and you have some interest in
verifying whether the
> original story is true, check out www.urbanlegends.com or
alt.folklore.urban.
>
> Regards and happy turkey day in the US,
>
> Matt
>
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