Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Calendar spam! Date: 29 Nov 2016 18:23:40 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 9xp0UgsbvNgY+t7H1lRkHwDRXVOMfgutz9z8Zv9/DQ1ZuIeqKq Cancel-Lock: sha1:ebg2cF+nBxAP8bW2F+XyDBGWlA4= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:97439 On 2016-11-29, Doc O'Leary wrote: > For your reference, records indicate that > Alan Baker wrote: > >> No. That is not proof. That is preponderance of evidence, but not proof. > > It *is* proof Nope. The only proof you have offered is that you got a spam email. You haven't proven how the spammer got your address, and you certainly haven't proven Apple played a part in it. > You just can’t stop making a fool of yourself, can you? Look in the mirror. >> Whatever. What you cannot show is that a spammer just didn't get >> lucky. > > Do you really think that’s how spam operations are run? By luck? It is absolutely how they operate. Spammers often don't give a rat's ass whether the addresses they spam are legitimate reachable addresses. More often than not, the machine sending the mass messages isn't even owned by the spammer and is part of a bot net. > Either you are terminally clueless about the reality of the world Again, look in the mirror. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR