Re: Spam

Daryl, that may be the case, but it is highly coincidental.  Plus, NGA never
replied.   I've had this address for a couple of years with next to no
problems, so I'm not sure I want to trust them.  I'll use the yahoo adress
from now on.
Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spam


> Kitty,
>
> I signed up for the book and didn't get any survey or spam. I have never
had
> any spam from NGA, no matter what address I've used.
>
> By having all letters in your email address, you're spam bait. It just
> hadn't caught up to you before. There are bots that take a domain, like
> "Comcast.net"  and run random number or letter combinations, sending spam
to
> each. When one of them replies (either auto-generated response or a take
me
> off your @#$% list, or sometimes with a hidden file within the message),
> they know they've hit on a live address.
>
> d
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: RE:Donna
>
>
> > Yes, I use my yahoo address for anything I might be suspicious about,
> > but I had no suspicions about NGA. Their privacy policy (which I quoted
> > back to them) states they won't share info without consent. But I am
> > sure it had to come via NGA as I hadn't signed up for anything else
> > anywhere else.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone5
>
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