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Yes it's spam

Posted by Rocket Scientist on 2001-06-22

> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:04:27 -0400
> From: Emre Yucel <amoeba1911@xxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: Talk spam?
> 
> Dear virage@xxxxxxx.xxx,
> 
> What does your post have to do with computer programming? I don't
> want to 
> download your file, I don't want to double click and I most certainly
> don't 
> want to join the fun. From what I can see you post has absolutely
> nothing 
> to do with programming. You stupid or something? Sorry for being
> mean, but 
> you stink!

> > <spam snipped>

I was just thinking how amusing it was that a mailing list somehow got
on a spam-list.  Nobody will see our replies to the spam, they just
send out several thousand and hope a few people are stupid. 
Economically, it works, just like telemarketing, because some people
*are* stupid.

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--Aaron Jordan, head programmer of Tmud.

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