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Date:	Sat, 11 Oct 2003 23:12:09 PDT7
From:	"Larry Tawa" <laror@dslextreme.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Rejected messages that I never sent

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In <54715.01.36.34.30.09.2003@constellation>, on 09/30/2003
at 01:28 AM, "Steven Levine" said:

>>But I still want that horse back in the barn....... Damage control -
>>accept the current exposure to SPAM (reality) but minimize future
>>exposure to SPAM (optimism).

>IMO, very optimistic. Basic probabilty says your supposedly well hidden
>address will be exposed sooner rather than later. All that's needed is
>for one of your Windows using friends computer to catch a virus and spew
>out it's address book to the world.

Correct; in retrospect; friends using Windows without virus protectin
using Microsoft Outlook were probaly one factor for my spam
@worldnet.att.net. Being much more careful these days.

>Bob's sneakmail solution is OK, but more trouble than it's worth to me.

Some mailing lists IMO, are screened to a higher degree by the spammers;
so Bob's sneakmail solution for *select* lists may be of significant help.

>Regards,

>Steven

Regards.

Larry
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