Lycos pulls anti-spam screensaver from site

2004-12-03 Thread Fergie (Paul Ferguson)
"Lycos Europe appeared to have pulled a controversial anti-spam screensaver program from its site on Friday, after coming under fire from both security experts and the spammers themselves." http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/12/03/HNlycospullsscreensaver_1.html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul

Re: Lycos pulls anti-spam screensaver from site

2004-12-03 Thread Gadi Evron
Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: "Lycos Europe appeared to have pulled a controversial anti-spam screensaver program from its site on Friday, after coming under fire from both security experts and the spammers themselves." http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/12/03/HNlycospullsscreensaver_1.html Okay.

Re: Lycos pulls anti-spam screensaver from site

2004-12-03 Thread Fergie (Paul Ferguson)
I was thinking the same thing Plus, "Stay Tuned" doesn't mean that they necessarily pulled the screensaver permanently - ferg -- Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Lycos Europe appeared to have pulled a controversial > anti-spam screensaver program from its site on Friday, > afte

Re: Lycos pulls anti-spam screensaver from site

2004-12-03 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: > > > I was thinking the same thing Plus, "Stay Tuned" > doesn't mean that they necessarily pulled the screensaver > permanently they might re-introduce the screensaver, sure... or their add campaign might now be over :) As to 'what abou

Re: Lycos pulls anti-spam screensaver from site

2004-12-03 Thread Steven Susbauer
At the moment the screensaver does nothing. It blanks to grey and displays the message "Stay Tuned" that's really about it. (Of course it still connects to the "Makelovenotspam.com" site, but that isn't really the point). It wouldn't surprise me if the screensaver, or a modified version, we

RE: Lycos pulls anti-spam screensaver from site

2004-12-03 Thread Hannigan, Martin
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Lycos pulls anti-spam screensaver from site > > > > At the moment the screensaver does nothing. It bla