Spam Dam. Damn was Re: Re: Wants a piano softer

[Avery Todd]

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I hate it when I just start to respond to a post and get that "stupid" message
"this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down!" I'll
take that as a sign that I "shouldn't" respond! :-)

Avery

At 08:28 PM 5/9/05, you wrote:
>I just deleted the post asking me to become a "good guy".   That wasn't to 
>hard.
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>David I.
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>Original message
>From: alan and carolyn barnard
>To: Pianotech
>Received: Mon, 9 May 2005 18:40:03 -0500
>Subject: Spam Dam. Damn was Re: Re: Wants a piano softer
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>Okay, Avery and all, here's the deal. Y'all let me know if this is 
>unreasonable ...
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>Already tired of "regular" spam (tons of it), I was also getting buried by 
>pleas from lonely housewives, pleas from wealthy Nigerian bankers, and 
>pleas from software and drug vendors--all of whom seem to have a very poor 
>grasp of English grammar and spelling.
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>I installed Earthlink's protection package which includes the one-time 
>quick verification before an address is certified to be NOT a spam source. 
>I notified the list in case anyone sent me anything privately. I did NOT 
>anticipate that some people, or their software, automatically respond both 
>to the list and off the list when replying to pianotech postings.
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>Anyone on the list is automatically tagged a "good guy" when I read their 
>post, even if they have not yet authenticated, and will never be bothered 
>again to "click here".
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>I'm not trying to add to anyone's burden, just trying to get Theresa, 
>whose husband seems to be always out of town so she's always lonesome and 
>ready for fun, to stay the heck out of my computer!
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>Personally, I'd like to have a button in my browser that traces this crap 
>back to the source and incinerates their computer. In fact, I'm developing 
>a system to do just that. Need some Beta testers to send me some spam. Anybody?
>
>Alan Barnard
>Salem, Missouri
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com>Avery Todd
>To: <mailto:nobody@earthlink.net>nobody@earthlink.net
>Cc: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech
>Sent: 05/09/2005 5:26:34 PM
>Subject: Re: RE: Wants piano softer
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>I am getting SO tired of this. If you don't want spam, get an e-mail 
>program or a
>server that deletes it! I have. And no one has to respond to ANYTHING! Sorry.
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>Avery
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>At 04:39 PM 5/9/05, you wrote:
>>I apologize for this automatic reply to your email.
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>>To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have 
>>approved beforehand.
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>>If you would like to be added to my list of approved senders, please fill 
>>out the short request form (see link below). Once I approve you, I will 
>>receive your original message in my inbox. You do not need to resend your 
>>message. I apologize for this one-time inconvenience.
>>
>>Click the link below to fill out the request:
>>
>><https://webmail.pas.earthlink.net/wam/addme?a=tune4u@earthlink.net&id=1dvfYa3y63NZFpN0>https://webmail.pas.earthlink.net/wam/addme?a=tune4u@earthlink.net&id=1dvfYa3y63NZFpN0 
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