>David, > >Mostly right, however the E-Mails are most often undeliverable because the >spammer includes a fake return address. He (or she or it) is most often >only interested in you clicking on his link (included in the spam message) >or to phone a telephone sucker hot-line he hosts. SPAMmers can buy into schemes which sell them thousands, or even millions, of addresses, to send junk to...or even not junk. SOME of these SPAMs are genuine businesses, but there's generally no way to tell from the message. So best delete all.
Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand fax 64 (3) 479-7527 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> VW van (something for every man), Toyota diesel & seashell nut *Even though Mac Users may be only 10% of the market, always remember that we are the TOP 10% *A 733mHz Mac G4 is 45% faster than a 1500mHz Pentium 4 |
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