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Today’s spam: Here’s what’s in my junk mail folder today: What is up with all that? Apparently I sent a payment to myself, I initiated another payment to myself, I am a user of myself who’s received exclusive offers for January, and I received a payment from myself. Read More...
Posted 21 January 09 10:13 by Steve Riley | 12 Comments
Filed under spam, email, things that make me angry
The opt-out from hell: One problem with making your email address available (which I will continue to do, don't worry) is that folks with something to sell assume you're interested in their stuff. To wit, let's consider an email I received today (copied, headers and all, after Read More...
Posted 16 September 08 12:22 by Steve Riley | 8 Comments
Filed under advertising, spam, email, things that make me angry, public policy
FanBox: the latest in password scams: Looks like spammers have found yet another way to worm (ha ha) themselves into the computers of the unsuspecting. In my junk email folder this morning, I saw this message: From: Question It [mailto:question_it@fanboxapps.com] Sent: Monday, January 07, Read More...
Posted 07 January 08 10:09 by Steve Riley | 4 Comments
Filed under spam, email, things that make me angry, things that make me worried
My blog is not a forum for advertisements: It's bad enough that the blasted spammers pollute the value of blogs and open forums by hijacking them with their nefarious comments for questionable pharmaceuticals claiming to extend particular body parts. I have recently received, only via private Read More...
Posted 30 September 06 10:17 by Steve Riley | 9 Comments
Filed under advertising, blogging, spam, things that make me angry
F*#$!@g spam!: Yeah, it's been a while since I've written a post, and I have some ideas I'll get to once the prep work for TechEd this year settles down a bit. But look -- why in the world do the freaking spammers have to start targetting blogs now? I keep my comments Read More...
Posted 31 May 06 12:31 by Steve Riley | 16 Comments
Filed under blogging, spam, things that make me angry