[8387] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: boardwatch magazine -- hotbed of spammers? irresponsible jerks?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Magri)
Thu Mar 27 19:23:23 1997
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 97 19:10 EST
From: matt@netmeg.net (Matt Magri)
To: nanog@merit.edu
Tim Gibson <tim@taggnet.skyscape.net> wrote:
> I pick option 5, after the full issue of BoardWatch dedicated to
> anti-spam. [ ... ]
Would that be the Dec 1996 issue, when they helpfully reviewed the
spamming packages currently available to determine which was best?
Favorite excerpt...
: The one tool that makes this program worth the price is its built in
: ability to scour any newsgroup for e-mail addresses in the headers or
: the bodies of postings. This allows for some very targeted mailings, as
: you can also filter out specific domain types and include key words
: from the postings to further refine your search so that only those who
: fit your marketing letter are extracted.
The company who makes the "winning package" even includes the review on
their website and puts a quote from it in their own spam. Quite the
anti-spam issue, alright.
Matt
