Spam problem

If you were to take away the ever-increasing volume of spam in this
newsgroup, and remove Ron and Ivor's childish bickering (we can but
dream) there would have almost nothing left.

Seems a pity, but the crap has won.

"Iain" <no-one@hairydog.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1198874441.9685.1@iris.uk.clara.net...
> If you were to take away the ever-increasing volume of spam in this
> newsgroup, and remove Ron and Ivor's childish bickering (we can but dream)
> there would have almost nothing left.

Is that the Iain that was here 'long ago'?

;-)


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J B

J B wrote:

> Is that the Iain that was here 'long ago'?

Yup, still here.

<throwawayaccount0001@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21df788f2631d045989681@free.teranews.com. ..
> In article <5tl77dF1dqojqU1@mid.individual.net>, jb@invalid.com says...
>> "Iain" <no-one@hairydog.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:1198874441.9685.1@iris.uk.clara.net...
>
>> > If you were to take away the ever-increasing volume of spam in this
>> > newsgroup, and remove Ron and Ivor's childish bickering (we can but
>> > dream)
>> > there would have almost nothing left.
>>
>> Is that the Iain that was here 'long ago'?
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>
> I am doing a thesis at uni on spam, so I would be very grateful if you
> could
> use my email address for any spam, that you think may be of interest.
>
> throwawayaccount0001@gmail.com
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

What's the point?! It's a throw away account stupid fucker!
Just hit the delete button and it's gone!

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:43:13 +0000, Enzo wrote:

> <throwawayaccount0001@gmail.com> wrote

>> I am doing a thesis at uni on spam, so I would be very grateful if you
>> could use my email address for any spam, that you think may be of
>> interest.
>>
>> throwawayaccount0001@gmail.com

> What's the point?! It's a throw away account stupid fucker! Just hit the
> delete button and it's gone!

Could mean a rather short thesis if he deletes his research material. But
then again, he knows that if he wants an accurate picture of spam, he's
going to need to monitor it from several accounts hosted in different
places.

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