Recently I announced a mailing list via the "new-list" mailing list run by the Internet Scout Project. Apparently, this spammer (see below) is grabbing these announcements and feeding them to a form-mail generator which then spams the list-owners in an attempt to glad-hand them into allowing the membership of their mailing lists to spammed. I think you can fairly well imagine what my response to this is. ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: whitewater > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 19:52:31 -0800 > From: Quyen Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello, > > I am the marketing manager at Sift, Inc. ( http://www.sift.com ), > and I match clients with email discussion/broadcast forums whose > subscribers are interested in the survey topic or ad announcement > a client wants to distribute. This approach to email advertising > works to the benefit of all involved: list/forum owners, subscribers, > and the business community. This explains its popularity. > > We are looking for forums that accept advertising to promote > to our clients. Advertising takes many forms, according to what > the list/forum owners feel comfortable. Do you allow for any form of > commercial announcements on whitewater? Would you like to know > more about ways of generating revenue to support your group? > Are you looking for free list hosting or ad swap? Do you know of > other lists interested in advertising that I could contact? > > Sift is involved with every aspect of email services and can help > you in many ways, not necessarily advertising. Feel free to contact > me either by phone or email. > > Warm regards, > > Quyen Lam > Sift, Inc. > (408) 541-7607 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
