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Re: MS mail bombs



At Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:59:53 +0100,
Pigeon wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 04:22:47PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 02:39:51PM +0800, csj wrote:
> > > Why not?  Mailfilter has a log feature of varying degrees
> > > of verbosity.  So if I accidentally delete a notice saying
> > > "Subject: Congratulations: You've just won a million $$", I
> > > could always ask the sender to resend it.  Any email which
> > > can't be resent (or isn't archived somewhere) isn't worth
> > > reading.  This goes for love letters and subpoenas.
> > 
> > I don't know - I can't imagine being very popular if I tried
> > to tell my girlfriend "sorry, I thought your e-mail was spam
> > so I deleted it" in response to a declaration of undying
> > passion. I don't choose who I go out with based on how
> > careful they are with their e-mail. :P

Neither do I.  But I make it a point not to email them.  There
are other means of communication.

> ...so you'd be prepared for her to accidentally forward your
> own declaration of undying passion to debian-user by mistake?
> :-)

Probably just another address harvester reminding you to "Please
come talk to me again" or "You've forgotten my ICQ!" ;-)



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