[meteorite-list] eBay Sellers list, eBay name change
From: Mark Miconi <mam602_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:00 2004 Message-ID: <00ec01c34579$16484420$d7e16a44_at_ph.cox.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E9_01C3453E.69ADE9C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rob, AOL and MSN both sell email addresses to companies to offset costs of = their services. MSN is in court now due to their PC discount offers they = were using in the states....basically when you bought a PC at Best Buy = or Circuit City you would get $400.00-$700.00 off the price of the PC if = you signed up for 2 years of MSN. My mother fell for this and she was = receiving 50-80 nasty emails a day from spammers. I tried everything I = mentioned in my last email to eliminate the poblem. She hardly uses the = internet and had no cookies. Somewhere there is a class action suit = filed against MSN for selling email addresses during that discount = program...MSN claims that they were forced to sell the email addresses = to offset the costs of the discounts. Both AOL and MSN are trying to makeup for their selling email addresses = by offering their new versions with SPAM Filters. NOT very effective if = they are still selling your email address....that is why your sons email = had spam in it 12 hours later. Try using the software I suggested in my last email and that should = help, but it will never go away while you are using AOL or = MSN...especially AOL as they are doing everything they can to keep from = going bankrupt. If you need tech support email me and I will help where I can. Mark M.=20 Phoenix AZ ----- Original Message -----=20 From: FERNLEA4_at_aol.com=20 To: jkg_at_theriver.com ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Sellers list, eBay name change In a message dated 08/07/03 17:09:51 GMT Daylight Time, = jkg_at_theriver.com writes: About six months ago, I was getting as much spam as I was getting = mail from=20 this list. I changed my ISP and started off with a different email = address=20 and had remarkable results. For the first three months, I got = almost no=20 spam. Then the numbers started increasing. Maybe the solution is = to=20 change your email address a couple of times a year. Hi John and all. A few weeks ago, I was looking over my 16 year old son's shoulder = while he was online, and noticed that he was deleting several spam = emails from his mailbox......some of which had some pretty ominous = sounding subject lines!! Not wanting him to be exposed to this kind of = stuff, I insisted that I closed his AOL email address and opened up a = new one for him. He wasn't particularly impressed by this idea, but I = had the last word on the matter ;-) His new AOL email address took only a few moments to set up and = everything seemed fine. Unfortunately, when he went online with his new = email address the very next morning, the spammers had already left him a = couple of emails. Given that his new email address had only existed for a matter of 12 = hours or so and that he hadn't sent any emails yet, it looks as though = the spammers are always one step ahead of us! Cheers, Rob. Rob Elliott www.meteorites.uk.com Fernlea Meteorites, The Wynd, Off Dickson Lane, Milton of Balgonie, Fife. KY7 6PY United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563 Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991 Mobile: 07909-773929 Email: fernlea4_at_aol.com ------=_NextPart_000_00E9_01C3453E.69ADE9C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rob,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>AOL and MSN both sell email addresses = to companies=20 to offset costs of their services. MSN is in court now due to their PC = discount=20 offers they were using in the states....basically when you bought a PC = at Best=20 Buy or Circuit City you would get $400.00-$700.00 off the price of the = PC if you=20 signed up for 2 years of MSN. My mother fell for this and she was = receiving=20 50-80 nasty emails a day from spammers. I tried everything I mentioned = in my=20 last email to eliminate the poblem. She hardly uses the internet and had = no=20 cookies. Somewhere there is a class action suit filed against MSN for = selling=20 email addresses during that discount program...MSN claims that they were = forced=20 to sell the email addresses to offset the costs of the = discounts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Both AOL and MSN are trying to makeup = for their=20 selling email addresses by offering their new versions with SPAM = Filters. NOT=20 very effective if they are still selling your email address....that is = why your=20 sons email had spam in it 12 hours later.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Try using the software I suggested in = my last email=20 and that should help, but it will never go away while you are using AOL = or=20 MSN...especially AOL as they are doing everything they can to keep from = going=20 bankrupt.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you need tech support email me and I = will help=20 where I can.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mark M. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Phoenix AZ</FONT></DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3DFERNLEA4_at_aol.com = href=3D"mailto:FERNLEA4_at_aol.com">FERNLEA4@aol.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=3Djkg_at_theriver.com = href=3D"mailto:jkg_at_theriver.com">jkg@theriver.com</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 08, 2003 = 9:31=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = eBay=20 Sellers list, eBay name change</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0 = face=3DArial size=3D2=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF">In a message dated 08/07/03 17:09:51 GMT Daylight = Time, <A=20 href=3D"mailto:jkg_at_theriver.com">jkg@theriver.com</A> writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 TYPE=3D"CITE">About six months ago, I was getting as much spam as I = was=20 getting mail from <BR>this list. I changed my ISP and started = off with=20 a different email address <BR>and had remarkable results. For = the=20 first three months, I got almost no <BR>spam. Then the numbers = started=20 increasing. Maybe the solution is to <BR>change your email = address a=20 couple of times a year.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Hi John and all.<BR>A = few weeks=20 ago, I was looking over my 16 year old son's shoulder while he was = online, and=20 noticed that he was deleting several spam emails from his = mailbox......some of=20 which had some pretty ominous sounding subject lines!! Not wanting him = to be=20 exposed to this kind of stuff, I insisted that I closed his AOL email = address=20 and opened up a new one for him. He wasn't particularly impressed by = this=20 idea, but I had the last word on the matter ;-)<BR>His new AOL email = address=20 took only a few moments to set up and everything seemed fine. = Unfortunately,=20 when he went online with his new email address the very next morning, = the=20 spammers had already left him a couple of emails.<BR>Given that his = new email=20 address had only existed for a matter of 12 hours or so and that he = hadn't=20 sent any emails yet, it looks as though the spammers are always one = step ahead=20 of us!<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Rob.<BR><BR>Rob=20 Elliott<BR>www.meteorites.uk.com<BR>Fernlea Meteorites,<BR>The = Wynd,<BR>Off=20 Dickson Lane,<BR>Milton of Balgonie,<BR>Fife. KY7 6PY<BR>United=20 Kingdom<BR>Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563<BR>Fax: = +44-(0)1592-751991<BR>Mobile:=20 07909-773929<BR>Email: fernlea4_at_aol.com</FONT>=20 </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00E9_01C3453E.69ADE9C0-- Received on Tue 08 Jul 2003 01:48:05 PM PDT |
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