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Re: recommended free email?

From	Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: recommended free email?
Date	2016-01-31 13:36 +0000
Organization	is an alien concept
Message-ID	<slrnnas3e5.pc.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net> (permalink)
References	(1 earlier) <dgg531Fbnf9U1@mid.individual.net> <alpine.LNX.2.02.1601231053280.5652@darkstar.example.org> <s4SdnZs2BZN3sjTLnZ2dnUU7-SOdnZ2d@giganews.com> <n8bjbj$cos$1@dont-email.me> <alpine.LNX.2.02.1601281141390.14741@darkstar.example.org>

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On 2016-01-28, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jan 2016, Dave Garland wrote:
>
>> On 1/27/2016 3:00 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
>>> Michael Black wrote:

[...]

> There was one period, around 1999, when there was a virus or something 
> aimed right at USENET, if I didnt' clear out my inbox every few hours, it 
> would reach its quota.  Went on for a few days, the amount coming in was 
> amazing.

[...]

I think someone just harvested a load of email addresses from the freely
available XOVER files from a large NSP and sold them to a shipload of
spammers.  No virus needed, just human malice and a smidgin of ingenuity.

That's why the Reply-To header is not included in the XOVERs.

-- 
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
--  Whiskers 
-- ~~~~~~~~~~

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recommended free email? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-22 10:16 -0800
  Re: recommended free email? philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-01-22 12:59 -0600
    Re: recommended free email? mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-22 19:05 +0000
    Re: recommended free email? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-22 14:23 -0500
  Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-22 13:32 -0600
    Re: recommended free email? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-22 20:31 +0000
      Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-22 17:10 -0600
        Re: recommended free email? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-22 19:09 -0500
  Re: recommended free email? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-22 15:45 -0500
    Re: recommended free email? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-22 21:19 +0000
  Re: recommended free email? Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-01-22 14:49 -0600
    Re: recommended free email? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-23 04:58 +0000
  Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-22 22:52 +0000
    Re: recommended free email? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-01-27 14:57 -0600
      Re: recommended free email? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-27 21:47 +0000
  Re: recommended free email? "kipg" <io@nospam.com> - 2016-01-23 12:58 +1100
    Re: recommended free email? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-23 10:57 -0500
      Re: recommended free email? mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-23 16:49 +0000
        Re: recommended free email? "kipg" <io@nospam.com> - 2016-01-24 04:42 +1100
        Re: recommended free email? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-23 20:24 +0000
      Re: recommended free email? "kipg" <io@nospam.com> - 2016-01-24 04:34 +1100
      Re: recommended free email? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-01-27 15:00 -0600
        Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-27 17:22 -0600
          Re: recommended free email? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-28 11:46 -0500
            Re: recommended free email? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-01-31 13:36 +0000
              Re: recommended free email? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-31 11:03 -0500
                Re: recommended free email? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-01-31 17:29 +0000
  Re: recommended free email? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2016-01-23 09:25 +0000
  Re: recommended free email? David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 10:31 +0000
    Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-23 13:54 +0000
      Re: recommended free email? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2016-01-23 14:58 +0000
        Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-23 15:35 +0000
          Re: recommended free email? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2016-01-23 16:04 +0000
      Re: recommended free email? mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-23 16:42 +0000
        Re: recommended free email? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 13:39 -0500
      Re: recommended free email? David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-24 00:43 +0000
        Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-24 10:56 +0000
          Re: recommended free email? David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-24 16:27 +0000
            Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-24 16:34 +0000
          Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-24 11:53 -0600
            Re: recommended free email? Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-01-25 08:22 +0000
              Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-25 11:25 +0000
              Re: recommended free email? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-25 13:32 +0100
            Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-25 11:21 +0000
              Re: recommended free email? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2016-01-25 14:18 +0000
                Re: recommended free email? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-25 09:54 -0800
                Re: recommended free email? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-01-25 13:56 -0600
                Re: recommended free email? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-26 08:10 -0800
                Re: recommended free email? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 12:07 -0600
                Re: recommended free email? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-26 13:32 -0500
                Re: recommended free email? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-01-27 15:15 -0600
                Re: recommended free email? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-28 10:33 -0800
                Re: recommended free email? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-28 20:57 +0000
                Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-28 21:47 +0000
                Re: recommended free email? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-02-06 20:20 +0300
                Re: recommended free email? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-28 20:50 +0000
                Re: recommended free email? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-26 11:06 -0800
                Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-26 16:13 -0600
                Re: recommended free email? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 21:32 -0600
                Re: recommended free email? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 21:20 -0600
                Re: recommended free email? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 19:19 -0500
                Re: recommended free email? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-01-25 15:45 -0600
                Re: recommended free email? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-01-25 22:24 +0000
                Re: recommended free email? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-01-27 15:11 -0600
                Re: recommended free email? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-25 18:14 +0000
  Re: recommended free email? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-01-23 18:42 +0000

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