Subj : Re: Compilers & Libraries To : mark lewis From : Scott Adams Date : Thu Mar 10 2005 08:50 pm -=> Quoting mark lewis to Scott Adams <=- SA> Yeah. Its all he said she said kinda thing. ml> yeah, definitely a "kinda" thing ;) :) SA> Folks can be easilly duped into having their ISP or SA> network or email address used in sending spam or virii. ml> and that doesn't even involve any folks getting involved other than ml> the virus writers and spammers... especially since they simply gather ml> the addresses from files on an infected user's machine... ml> i've had my address used in the past and do get spam from self to ml> self... i won't even mention the times that i've had folk complain to ml> me about the spam "i" sent them... that's lasts about as long as it ml> takes me to (gently (at times)) correct them and point them to ml> educational resources where they can learn about the real world ml> instead of them remaining ignorant in their imaginary world ;) Yeah. Never been used here. I got a few addresses some private enough that I've not had that yet. I have had ISPs block because of spam the isp sent but that's about it. .... Tea just happens to be my 3rd favorite thing in the Universe - Garibal --- Fringe BBS * Origin: EWOG II - The Fringe - 904-733-1721 (1:112/91) .