[CH] Don't respond to the Potato Patch spam!
Greg Metcalfe (biosphere@proaxis.com)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:49:12 -0800
CH's
I responded (with mucho qualms about it), asking them to not spam the list.
As I feared, they just harvested my e-mail address as valid, and added me to
their mass mailer. I've received 2 more spams from them today. Ain't this
just *lovely*.
Anyway, I think these guys are semi-legit, in that they're actually trying
to provide a service, but have no clue about how to go about it. So they're
probably easily traceable, and an e-mail to 'abuse' at their ISP will
probably work well. But I don't really want to get their account cancelled
(even if it's possible) - I really do think they're just a bit misguided. So
I'll sit out a bit more spam before I do anything. But in the meantime, it's
probably not a good plan for any of you guys to walk in my footsteps - your
e-mail addresses will likely be recorded and used, even if they're not sold
to a spam mailing list 'service'. Which they may be - my opinion of Potato
Patch legitimacy is just that- an opinion.
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