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bill sequeira? spamming back at ya?

2004-10-05 by Blake Wilson

do other listmembers receive a polite note from "bill sequira" asking
you to click on a link to "verify" you're not spamming him after
you've posted to the list? i note that it went directly to me, and
not list, after my recent post just a few minutes ago....

strange....i'm not clicking anything, bill!

blake

Re: bill sequeira? spamming back at ya?

2004-10-05 by Chris Whitten

> do other listmembers receive a polite note from "bill sequira" asking
> you to click on a link to "verify" you're not spamming him after
> you've posted to the list?

Yes and I think it's a pain in the bum!
So I haven't done it.
CW

Re: bill sequeira? spamming back at ya?

2004-10-05 by Blake Wilson

> > do other listmembers receive a polite note from "bill sequira" asking
>> you to click on a link to "verify" you're not spamming him after
>> you've posted to the list?
>Yes and I think it's a pain in the bum!
>So I haven't done it.

talk about spam! you post to a list, and you get an automated message
from a listmember that serves no purpose other than his personal
satisfaction...i'd call that spam, wouldn't you?

blake (preparing for another bill s. message...)

Re: bill sequeira? spamming back at ya?

2004-10-05 by Bob Hearn

On Oct 5, 2004, at 9:05 AM, Chris Whitten wrote:

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> > do other listmembers receive a polite note from "bill sequira" asking
> > you to click on a link to "verify" you're not spamming him after
> > you've posted to the list?
> Yes and I think it's a pain in the bum!
> So I haven't done it.
> CW

Maybe, but it is an automated system - he won't see ever any posts from
people who don't "verify" themselves, so complaining in a post will do
no good. Although I guess he will see you quoted here, since I did
click the link. Yeah, it's a bit annoying, but then so is getting a ton
of spam every day.

Bob

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Robert A. Hearn
rah@...
http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bob/

Re: bill sequeira? spamming back at ya?

2004-10-05 by Ryan Ryan

I don't really mind it. But if others do why not try and ask him to sign up for the digest instead? but i guess then he won't get anything i doubt yahoo would email back and say "this isn't spam" hehe:-)

Bob Hearn <yahoo@...> wrote:

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On Oct 5, 2004, at 9:05 AM, Chris Whitten wrote:

> > do other listmembers receive a polite note from "bill sequira" asking
> > you to click on a link to "verify" you're not spamming him after
> > you've posted to the list?
> Yes and I think it's a pain in the bum!
> So I haven't done it.
> CW

Maybe, but it is an automated system - he won't see ever any posts from
people who don't "verify" themselves, so complaining in a post will do
no good. Although I guess he will see you quoted here, since I did
click the link. Yeah, it's a bit annoying, but then so is getting a ton
of spam every day.

Bob

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Robert A. Hearn
rah@...
http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bob/
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Re: bill sequeira? spamming back at ya?

2004-10-05 by Bob Hearn

Eek, speaking of spam, in your last post two of my email addresses
appear, ready for
spiders to grab from the SMOG web pages. OK, so including an address in
the text was my
fault (but on the website, it is filtered out via a link on my original
posts, so I thought it was safe). But the address I posted from should
not appear at all as raw text - how did that happen???

Bob

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Robert A. Hearn
http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bob/

Re: bill sequeira? spamming back at ya?

2004-10-05 by Ryan Ryan

btw, i'm not getting anymore emails from bill. maybe onceyou say your email isn't spam it doesn't ask again?:o

Bob Hearn <yahoo@...> wrote:

Eek, speaking of spam, in your last post two of my email addresses
appear, ready for
spiders to grab from the SMOG web pages. OK, so including an address in
the text was my
fault (but on the website, it is filtered out via a link on my original
posts, so I thought it was safe). But the address I posted from should
not appear at all as raw text - how did that happen???

Bob

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http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bob/

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Re: bill sequeira? spamming back at ya?

2004-10-05 by darkstr1746@comcast.net

Uh... what's all this about? the attachment i got couldn't be opened. Help me mr. wizard!! help me. Is this some strange spam-o-rama thingee?? Does this mean that if i don't open a attachement i can't open anyway, that Bill won't see my posts?? Bummer Ted. He's probably better off. LOL

john duval

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I don't really mind it. But if others do why not try and ask him to sign up for the digest instead? but i guess then he won't get anything i doubt yahoo would email back and say "this isn't spam" hehe:-)

Bob Hearn wrote:

On Oct 5, 2004, at 9:05 AM, Chris Whitten wrote:

> > do other listmembers receive a polite note from "bill sequira" asking
> > you to click on a link to "verify" you're not spamming him after
> > you've posted to the list?
> Yes and I think it's a pain in the bum!
> So I haven't done it.
> CW

Maybe, but it is an automated system - he won't see ever any posts from
people who don't "verify" themselves, so complaining in a post will do
no good. Although I guess he will see you quoted here, since I did
click the link. Yeah, it's a bit annoying, but then so is getting a ton
of spam every day.

Bob

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Robert A. Hearn
rah@...
http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bob/

Do you Yahoo!?
New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!

Keep on Patchin'!

Re: bill sequeira? spamming back at ya?

2004-10-05 by Bill Sequeira

Folks,

My apologies for the inconvenience - I am using SPAM Interceptor and
the filter generates the messages you have been receiving - if the
filter believes you might be a furry, then sends the message and caches
your original message until there is a response. If not, it is sent
to trash. Had to put in place as I was getting killed by almost 1000
spam messages a day - and no, I am not inflating the number.

I went back and checked the filter - for some reason the TRUSTED list
was corrupted and part of it lost, the SergeModular address was one of
the missing. I have re-entered it and you should not see the messages
again - please let me know if you do.

As per the rest of the thread and the comments, well, what can I say:

Chris - Sorry your BUM hurts so bad.
Bob - Thanks for the explanation, basically what was going on.
Ryan - The digest is not a bad option considering the latest... ;-)
John - I still can read your messages, not such luck. :-(

Again, my apologies and hope for your understanding
<insert-sound-of-flogging-in-the-public-plaza>.

Back to patchin' and pluggin' along.

Regards,

Bill
__________________________________________
Bill Sequeira, PHD - Principal
Axon Hillock

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On Oct 5, 2004, at 9:00 AM, Blake Wilson wrote:

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> do other listmembers receive a polite note from "bill sequira" asking
> you to click on a link to "verify" you're not spamming him after
> you've posted to the list? i note that it went directly to me, and
> not list, after my recent post just a few minutes ago....
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> strange....i'm not clicking anything, bill!
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