Re: Dr Bob: There is a spammer in our midst

Posted by Dr. Bob on May 25, 1999, at 5:02:13

In reply to Dr Bob: There is a spammer in our midst, posted by Joanne on May 23, 1999, at 19:20:36

> I have gotten unsolicited email (spam) from
> a person who has posted things here. He has
> obviously gotten my email address here...
> Everyone, watch out...
> I have never worried about putting my email address here before,
> in case anyone wanted to talk to me privately without the public
> forum... now, I think I will keep it out.
Sorry about that, but unfortunately, there's nothing I can do. If you can tell who it is, I can try to block them from posting, but that's about it.
There are advantages and disadvantages to making your email address public. Spam is one of the latter.
There are ways to try to fight it, as mentioned by others already, but me, I just delete it when I get it. It just takes a second, and I'd rather not spend any more time on it than that.
Bob

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Dr Bob: There is a spammer in our midst Joanne 5/23/99
Fellow spam hater Fellow Spamhater 5/23/99
Re: Most email providers will block spam if asked Jr. 5/24/99
Re: Fellow spam hater saintjames 5/24/99
Re: Dr Bob: There is a spammer in our midst Dr. Bob 5/25/99
Re: Dr Bob: There is a spammer in our midst humiliated spammer 5/25/99
Re: humiliated spammer in our midst Dr. Bob 5/26/99
Re: humiliated spammer in our midst Joanne 5/26/99
Re: humiliated spammer in our midst sharon 5/27/99

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