Klarinet Archive - Posting 000386.txt from 2004/02

From: "Martim Guerra-Silva" <martimguerrasilva@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Need Computer Help - Please!
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:40:46 -0500

Maybe I've been lucky, maybe not. However, this hasn't only happened to me.
I always give the advice to try those links, and to this date it has
completely solved or at least significantly reduced spam mail for at least 3
more of my friends who had the problem. And I've never heard of anyone
getting more spam because of the links.

I'm not saying I'm right, but I'd guess it's always worth trying if you've
come to the point where you have to change adress, as it can't get worse..
---
Martim Guerra-Silva

:Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 06:39:26 -0800 (PST)
:To: klarinet@-----.org
:From: Andy Raibeck <klari_1@-----.com>
:Subject: Re: [kl] Need Computer Help - Please!
:Message-ID: :<20040222143926.55529.qmail@-----.mail.yahoo.com>
:
: Actually I am very surprised to hear of your experience, and would think
you
: rather lucky.
:
: Usually those little "unsubscribe" links serve only to let the spammer
know
: that your address is "live". Thus it makes your address more valuable to
: spammers who trade or sell email addresses to other spammers. If anything,
I
: would think clicking on the unsubscribe link would generate *more* spam,
not
: less. In general, I would not recommend clicking on the spam's unsubscribe
: link.
:
: The exception would be legitimate businesses with whom you already have a
: relationship (in which case, it's not really spam as such).
:
: Regards,
:
: Andy

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