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Subject:hotmail Spam not techwr-l Spam From:Richard Weir <richard -dot- weir -at- ce -dot- com -dot- au> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:52:30 +1100
> I have to disagree with you on this one
>
> I have a Yahoo account that I have been using for 3 years now and I never
> and I mean never get spam.
>
> All you have to do is select the tick box in your Yahoo settings saying
you
> do not want spam and you do not get any.
>
> As for Hotmail, I dont know why anyone uses it. It should be renamed from
> Hotmail to Spammail.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Gadzikowski [mailto:MGadzikowski -at- nvidia -dot- com]
> Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2001 10:51 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: hotmail Spam not techwr-l Spam
>
>
> > hotmail account ... ONLY for techwr-l
>
> Even should you NEVER use an address for _anything_, you invariably get
SPAM
> from Hotmail and Yahoo; I tested this explicitly more than once. Having
> worked for a big-name service, I know the business model. All big-name
free
> email ISPs sell their subscriber lists. You gets what you pays for.
>
> --
> Techwr-L has generated absolutely zero SPAM for me in over a month of
> lurking. I'll let you folks know right away if this first public posting
> generates SPAM.
>
> Mark Gadzikowski | senior technical writer | NVIDIA | 408-486-8193
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