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Moreover, Andrew's points are correct. This issue is,
as I've said before, no longer open for discussion. Take it
offline. I will suspend posting privileges for anyone
continuing this discussion on list.
Contact me offline with questions.
Eric
On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Andrew Plato wrote:
> "Mark Gadzikowski" wrote...
>
> > Hello listas
> >
> > This email follows up on the discussion of SPAM generated by posting to
> > TechWR-L. _Prima_ _facie_ evidence suggests that a TechWR-L posting
> indeed
> > generates SPAM. :-(
>
> I don't think so.
>
> First, all TECHWR-L posts are mirrored to a widely available newsgroup
> bit.listserv.techwr-l. Eric and TECHWR-L have no control over this
> newsgroup, as it is part of the public domain of newsgroups. I assume they
> do this out of convenience for list members. There are NUMEROUS spam
> spiders that harvest email addresses from these newsgroups everyday. This
> has nothing to do with TECHWR-L.
>
> Second, virtually all hotmail and yahoo accounts are published in
> publically available directories. There are NUMEROUS spam spiders that
> constantly scan these directories for new listings. Once one spammer picks
> you up, they will resell you to other spam groups. Again, nothing to do
> with TECHWR-L.
>
> Therefore, your "evidence" that TECHWR-L generates spam isn't compelling.
> If you want to avoid spam that much - turn your computer off.
>
> Andrew Plato
>
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