On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Marjolein Katsma wrote: > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:33:29 +0100 > From: Marjolein Katsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: MySQL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Urgent Business Assistance. > > > At 03:52 2002-01-30, Todd Williamsen wrote: > >If its so urgent and private then why are you spamming a mail list? I > >smell scam, or is that Spam? > > It's both. > > And please do not quote the *whole* spam - the loss of bandwidth (it goes to every >subscriber!) from the actual spam is already bad enough. > > Replying to the spammer is useless, too - they do NOT subscribe. Spammers are lazy. > > Grrr: database,sql,query,table > Just my $0.02.. Look for the web site or email they push, not the originating we address. Do a traceroute to it and send to abuse@... their ISP and their ISP's ISP and complain. They have to be real addresses because they want you to respond. Works more effectively than unsubscibing. Also, it a LOT of people do it, the ISP usually will notice.
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