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Re: Commercial email ads - how to get rid of?



	I get 2 to 4 per day of these "business" propositions. They are a great
intrusion, but I just hit the delete button. I am disturbed by the entire
issue of privacy. Evidently, our email addresses are spread around
frequently when we search various sites. I don't like it! I have had every
removal request bounced back to me.
	By the way, I have studied offers such as this for many years, and they
are all scams. No one will send envelopes to have stuffed, etc. All these
folks want is your enrollment fee. I the deal "looks" too good to be true,
it "is".
Best,
Steve







At 05:27 PM 1/26/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Dear friends,
>Today I also received two advertisements for some kind of software, but
>could not see how they come to my address. From the last email from
>Oasis (Mr./Mrs. Flores) I learn that all list readers were bothered by
>ads which are not related to the topic of the list at all.
>I strongly object to advertisements being sent to my email and expressed
>this in a message which I returned to the sender (a882ws@flash.net), but
>it came back -- this means that the address given does not even exist.
>(The second address was equally cryptic, but I did not bother any more
>to try. b772ds <b772ds@gte.net>)
>Not only was the list misused, it is also in my opinion unethical to
>send messages from false addresses. This takes the opportunity away to
>protect myself against a farther invasion of the economic into my
>private life/correspondence.
>If others are also bothered by these mails - how can protect ourselves
>against these practices? Any ideas?
>Looking forward to the next messages concerning CSAs.
>Sincerely,
>Sigrid
>
>Subject:    Home Business
>Date:        Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:46:18 -0600
>From:        ooasis@webtv.net (Ooasis Inc.)
>To:           CSA-L@prairienet.org
>
>Hi!
>
>I'm wondering about the ads that have been coming through.  I like the
>home business idea for what it is worth, but how are these
>advertisements related to agriculture?
>
>Still looking for association of experienced vegetable gardeners.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>CJ Flores
>
>
>This was the first message which I am referring to:
>
>Subject:
>   Date:
>        Mon, 26 Jan 1998 01:48:41 -0600 (CST)
>   From:
>        a882ws <a882ws@flash.net>
>     To:
>        <cs16www@db.cs.kobe-u.ac.jp>
>
>
>
>
>Authenticated sender is <a882ws@flash.net>
>Subject:  Monday
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
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