Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 4 Aug 1998.
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· 19 messages · 4 Aug 1998 - 16 Aug 1998
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*sigh* Don't you just hate spam?
-Sarah
Sarah and Tony Day (day...@uswest.net) schrieb: > *sigh* Don't you just hate spam? > -Sarah Not really... :-/ The more I post to the usenet, the more spam I get, mostly from hotmail.com... About 5-10 spams per day... Faroul -- Henning `Faroul' Peters - far...@gmx.net WHAT? 'CLICK'??? This gun doesn't come with ammo???
Henning 'Faroul' Peters wrote: > > Not really... :-/ > > The more I post to the usenet, the more spam I get, mostly from > hotmail.com... About 5-10 spams per day... You know that you should forward those mails with FULL header and unedited to abu...@hotmail.com? Most of the big mail-services have an abuse-address to write to if you feel ... *nirg* Can't find the word... distrubed? Hmmm, not quite the right one, and I guess, harassed isn't much better eiter.... You know what I mean, do you! And to be not just offtopic, some four line music instruments for the marching band I am in I made: .---. )--==( |---| / .(|-. ( /\ ) |--.=| | | / ( o ) |\___..___. .-ooo-oooo---.--. |`/--\| (--=\) | |o (`---') |/ (II) `-------o-------' `---' `--'\ |---| `---' Well, I will extend them to 6 lines to go for the challenge (although I don't much about that challenge - and I doubt that I have a chance either ;/ ). With the flute I'm not really happy but it's the best I could think of in the short time I did that. I hope, you can see what they should be? Especially the fourth? -- __ __ _____ .--------------------------. \ \ \ \ / ___/ | Gerfried "Alfie" Fuchs | __\ \ \ \__/_/__ | alfie @ innocent . com | / /_\ \ \_______/ | http://come.to/alfie | /_______\ /_/ '-currently^not^available!-' () Free Speech in | I feel more alive dead /\ the Internet | than when I was alive (Clawfinger)
Let's see.. one is a flute, one is a trumpet, one is a snare drum, I think.
A drum of some sort anyhow.
-Sarah
And I think the fourth one is cymbals.
-Sarah
Henning 'Faroul' Peters <far...@gmx.net> wrote: >The more I post to the usenet, the more spam I get, mostly from >hotmail.com... About 5-10 spams per day... That's about the level I got to last year...and rising rapidly. Talk nicely and politely to the Sysadmin at your ISP, gmx.net and ask for some help with your junkmail. User Friendly Sysadmin at your ISP, gmx.net _________ |\ /| | \ / | ||\\ //|| ||__\ /__|| _______/| _|_ |\_______ / \| / | \ |/ \ ( \\/ | \// ) | \\ | // _______________ | \_ | _/ |\ /| | \|/ | \ / | / | ----------- | | ^^^^ ^^^| | | | \||||\ /|||| | o o | | ------------------------| ----------- | \--------------------------------------- -Mike Hertz- Bye,
Gerfried Fuchs (ger...@siemens.at) schrieb: > > The more I post to the usenet, the more spam I get, mostly from > > hotmail.com... About 5-10 spams per day... > You know that you should forward those mails with FULL header and unedited to > abu...@hotmail.com? Most of the big mail-services have an abuse-address to > write to if you feel ... *nirg* Can't find the word... distrubed? Hmmm, not > quite the right one, and I guess, harassed isn't much better eiter.... You I know, and I did in the past. You'll receive a "friendly" message, that the corresponding account was closed - and new spam from new hotmail- accounts the same day... I gave up, hotmail (and other providers) seem to be unable to stop those spammers (usually, they're sending to lots of addresses, can't this be determined?) I got an gmx.net-account I'm using for news now, in the hope, GMX can filter lots of the spam (as they claim). Some addresses (like public.com) I'm just ignoring (I let GMX discard them :) Faroul -- Henning `Faroul' Peters - far...@gmx.net "Eine Phobie ist etwas irrationales - K�se hingegen _ist_ widerlich!" - Christian Schlittchen, <cor...@amber.hb.north.de>
.----- On Thu, 6 Aug 98 21:35:17 CET, Henning 'Faroul' Peters posted: |I gave up, hotmail (and other providers) seem to be unable to stop those |spammers (usually, they're sending to lots of addresses, can't this be |determined?) '---------------------------------- Filtering out mass mailings at hotmail`s end is probably not the definative option, as it is possible (as proven by my reply address on this message) to send the mass mailing using a full blown email account with the reply and from addresses set to hotmail therefore hotmail recieve the 'go away' messages but they know nothing of the message being sent. |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
.----- On 6 Aug 1998 19:29:41 GMT, Colin Douthwaite posted:
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|Talk nicely and politely to the Sysadmin at your ISP, gmx.net and ask
|for some help with your junkmail.
|
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Or if possible do as I have done... filter all messages from Spam addresses you
know of and ones that are to lots of people... I`ve only got one Spam message in
the past month! A great improvement!
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Let me guess, most of your mails were from that DON'T READ THIS IF YOU'RE UNDER 21 one, or the ARE YOU BEING INVESTIGATED? one. The second one's been bothering me more than the first. ANd with the frequency to which I post, I finally had to resort to using a spamblocker in my address. I even CALLED the company with the ARE YOU BEING INVESTIGATED one. First day, I asked them to take my name off, they said they would. Second day (afte rI received another mail that AFTERNOON), I called back and threatened them with charges of harassment if they didn't cut it out. Of course, since I installed the spamblocker that day, I don't know if they tried to send me more or not. But when I tried to speak with a supervisor, I was refused. When I tried to get the woman's name, she hung up on me. As I said, I finally installed a spamblocker and that seems to do the trick. And it still allows people with at least a minimum of intelligence to figure out how to send me mail. Even without my signature, which I have also taken to putting in my mail lately. I knew how to do this a long time ago, just never got pissed off enough to do something. But I belong so certain support groups on line, and post to them a LOT, so I was receiving TONS of spam every day! I was gettin gat least two to three from each one of these idiots! If you know how to put a spam blocker in (changes depending upon your newsreader), do so. It makes life a LOT more worthwhile. I've already gotten used to using my killfile rather liberally... Cyd :) To reply to me, remove the REMOVE from my address. Any unsolicited email shall be treated as harassment and reported to the proper authorities. I charge $500 for every spam received, as a processing fee.
>|spammers (usually, they're sending to lots of addresses, can't this be >|determined?) What can't be determined is if they set up their own mailing lists. What they usually wind up doing (which cna't be determined by hotmail) is aliasing everyone they're spamming to to ONE localized address. Hotmail only detects and filters if it's more than 10 people it's sending to. So what they do is set up their own listserv of a sort, and mail everything to that one address. Then hotmail's own spamblockers won't detect it. Unfortunately. Cyd :) To reply to me, remove the REMOVE from my address. Any unsolicited email shall be treated as harassment and reported to the proper authorities. I charge $500 for every spam received, as a processing fee.
>Or if possible do as I have done... filter all messages from Spam addresses you >know of and ones that are to lots of people... I`ve only got one Spam message in >the past month! A great improvement! Marvin, Doesn't always work. The people who've been spamming me for months now change their address every time they post, and unless I'm willing to filter out all hotmail/juno addresses, I'm still going to receive them. If you have a way of changing your Reply-To and From sections of your posts, that works as a much more effective spamblocker, because it blocks anything that doesn't ahve a functioning brain. If it's a spambot it won't figure out what has to be removed. If it's a real person, then if you have your signature saying you'll prosecute if they evade the spamblocker, then you can turn around and sue the pants off of them for harassment (or at least scare the beejesus out of them when you threaten to). Cyd :) To reply to me, remove the REMOVE from my address. Any unsolicited email shall be treated as harassment and reported to the proper authorities. I charge $500 for every spam received, as a processing fee.
> Or if possible do as I have done... filter all messages from Spam addresses you > know of and ones that are to lots of people... I`ve only got one Spam message in > the past month! A great improvement! Anyway, I had to transfer those spams via modem; that is annoying me much more... Faroul -- Henning `Faroul' Peters - far...@gmx.net God is real... unless declared integer.
> Hotmail only detects > and filters if it's more than 10 people it's sending to. Outlook express filters things that aren't sent directly to your address...consequently, mail I get from an e-mail game I play in (only 8 ppl participating) winds up in my junk mail folder. Anybody know how I can fix that, as long as we are on the subject? Oh, I should include some ascii.... -Sarah ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ __~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | |` . .` ` . ` .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~| | ;~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .'| | ;~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . | | ;~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~.' | |` . .` ` . ` .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. | | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .' | |~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . | |'. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~.' | | . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. | | '.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .' | | .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . | | '. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~.' | | . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~______. | | '.________~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . ' .' | | . '._~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ' . | | '. :~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | ' . .'. . . . . . . . . . .| | . .' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \ ' . | |. . . . . . . .'. .'|~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \ S ' .___________________|__|__________________.' /~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \ D /~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ /~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ /~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
.----- On Sat, 8 Aug 1998 12:41:49 -0600, Sarah and Tony Day posted: |> Hotmail only detects |> and filters if it's more than 10 people it's sending to. | |Outlook express filters things that aren't sent directly to your |address...consequently, mail I get from an e-mail game I play in (only 8 ppl |participating) winds up in my junk mail folder. Anybody know how I can fix |that, as long as we are on the subject? Oh, I should include some ascii.... | -Sarah '-------------------- Try going Tools > Inbox Assitant. You may find something defining what you describe in here. |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
Faroul, Is this better? Please let me know... Thanks! Cyd :) To reply to me, remove the REMOVE from my address. Any unsolicited email shall be treated as harassment and reported to the proper authorities. I charge $500 for every spam received, as a processing fee.
Harlo People,
I am looking for Hello Kitty asciis pictures, if possible
Tweetie Bird also. Pls do forward if have any.
A million thanks.
Rgds
On Thu, 13 Aug 1998 21:25:47 +0800, kek...@pacific.net.sg wrote: >Harlo People, > > I am looking for Hello Kitty asciis pictures, if possible > Tweetie Bird also. Pls do forward if have any. > A million thanks. > > > Rgds the hello kitto soft toy in baby crawling posture i just bought 980816 , ,/ ) ,_\| \ _ ( o (.) , -. o (') (\/ ( \ o _|~ ,--./ \ \_ ,|\` ( ( '-`, \ -__-._____,__(__)~ gpyy -glory .*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*. \ glory to God in the highest / \ = = = = = = = / \/) (\o/) (\o/) (\o/) (\o/) (\o/) (\/ / A A A A A \ / `` " '' '` `` " '' \ / and peace to whom His favour rests \ gpyy .*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*.*"*. Glory P.Y. Yip a.k.a. Glory Moon <glo...@nettaxi.com>
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