OK .. OK .. Enough already Apparently what was meant to be helpful has been turned into a "hate mail" campaign by certain "list owners" .... as the two quoted below indicate I do not tolerate being "talked down to", or being roasted for what should have been seen as an attempt to INFORM .... Maybe the entire email shouldn't have been sent .. but it WAS End of story as far as I'm concerned ...... do what you will Ciao .. Sayonara ... Auf wiedersehen .. etc., etc. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 01:41 Subject: Re: *****SPAM***** [LO] Re: urgent reply needed > For crying out loud, Dick! You have just earned yourself a week on the > Listowners-L reject list. Consider yourself well-swatted with the VLF. > It was sent to your -request address, NOT your list. > > Not that that would have been an excuse to spam the Listowners-L with it! > > > Acting Lo-L listowner > **** AND **** Dick- You should know how the system works as a longtime list admin but obviously you don't. It is because you have been a longtime list admin that I hold you to a higher standard than I would someone who might not know better. Until you sent this spam message to everyone they didn't NEED to be aware of it. And the RootsWeb abuse address doesn't need to be mailbombed by tons of spam copies because you decide everyone should send it there. It is only because YOU sent the spam that everyone received it. [email protected] only needs to see ONE copy of spam being addressed to our lists even if there is a spam message they need to see. Only the list admins need know about this as it only affects admins . ....... snip ........ Also, on lists you do not admin it isn't your place to be handling matters that are administrative in nature. The MEIER list is for MEIER genealogy--not for Nigerian scams and how to handle them. The same holds true for every other list you sent the scam letter to--those lists are genealogy lists--not scam lists and the admins of those lists won't appreciate your action any more than I do. > dick wrote: > > SPAM: -------------------- Start SpamAssassin results ---------------------- > > SPAM: This mail is probably spam. The original message has been altered > > SPAM: so you can recognise or block similar unwanted mail in future. > > SPAM: See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. > > SPAM: > > SPAM: Content analysis details: (13.2 hits, 5 required) > > SPAM: Hit! (-1.0 points) BODY: Gives information about an opportunity > > SPAM: Hit! (4.3 points) BODY: Nigerian Bank or Petroleum scam, cf http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm > > SPAM: Hit! (4.3 points) BODY: Mutated Nigerian scams, cf http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm > > SPAM: Hit! (2.7 points) BODY: Nigerian scam key phrase ($NN,NNN,NNN.NN) > > SPAM: Hit! (2.4 points) BODY: Nigerian scam key phrase > > SPAM: Hit! (0.5 points) BODY: A WHOLE LINE OF YELLING DETECTED > > SPAM: > > SPAM: -------------------- End of SpamAssassin results --------------------- > > > > Hi list members > > > > If ANY of you have received the below garbage thru the MNBROWN-L. ( or > > any other list) .. I would appreciate it if you reported it to the > > ROOTSWEB ABUSE desk .... [email protected] .... > > > > This is a *** S C A M *** !!!!! > > > >