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Subject:Re: spam
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:19:58 +1200

>David,
>
>Mostly right, however the E-Mails are most often undeliverable because the
>spammer includes a fake return address.  He (or she or it) is most often
>only interested in you clicking on his link (included in the spam message)
>or to phone a telephone sucker hot-line he hosts.

SPAMmers can buy into schemes which sell them thousands, or even millions,
of addresses, to send junk to...or even not junk. SOME of these SPAMs are
genuine businesses, but there's generally no way to tell from the message.
So best delete all.

Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
fax 64 (3) 479-7527
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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