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Date:         Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:59:21 -0500
Reply-To:     mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Odd Gmail Header when reading group messages (spam)
Comments: To: Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <e5dd010d0812151809g30507f88xf1201b7080becc13@mail.gmail.com>
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If you use Firefox for a browser you can install Greasemonkey and then insert script that makes all the banner ads in gmail disappear. IT works a charm.

mordo

On 12/15/08, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote: > > that is 'normal' behaviour. That is how gmail is free. Click on a email > with > oil and a banner/spam/advertisement for a "lubrication" side comes up. > Gmail > looks for 'keywords" in the mail and puts "appropriate" advertisement up. > Maybe the mail you read originally had 'gas tank' or something in it and it > put up 'sementank' (whatever that is). I rarely notice these banners. > And yes, after reading your e-mail i have the 'sementank' banner up. > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I get this often: > > ><Sponsored LinkMVE Semen Tanks - sementank.net - MVE Semen Tanks XC > > Millenium $499 Buy the Best and Skp the Rest > > > > In the just above the text section banner area. Anyone else on gmail get > > this?. And I'm pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with > vanagons, > > lifting mechanisms for the westy top, tires, fridges that dont', ac that > > doesn't, or heaters that don't... > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to > > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > > + in the body of the message. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > -- > Karl > 1981 VW Westy "Jenny" > 2000 VW Jetta GLS VR6 > Wilmington, DE > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ >

-- mordo 1990 Carat

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