AlleyGator wrote:
:: OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
::
::: I also needed to start posting with no e-mail address, and no
spam.
::: There were some, uh, problems. Very complicated.
::
:: The no email address thing is a very good idea. Even back in the
:: mid-90's when I started realy using Usent, my old email addy ended
up
:: on a bunch of spammer CD's, obviously, and even way back then I was
:: forced to change my ID and email. These days, it would be absolute
:: murder to make that mistake. I set up an email account for my
:: daughter as one of our DSL sub-accounts. She never used it, but
when
:: I went back a few weeks later to see if I still remembered the
:: password, it was FULL of obscene spam. The acct had never been
used,
:: not even once. I wrote a nasty email to the provider accusing them
of
:: selling off their own accounts, but all I got back was a form
letter
:: wanting me to rate their customer service. The provider was SBC,
:: BTW.

Yep. SBC is a *KNOWN* propoGator of SPAM. It's how they make the
largest % of their income.

::
:: --
:: The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
:: At least now I have an excuse.