From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Oct 23 09:42:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA09345 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:42:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from word.smith.net.au (word.smith.net.au [202.0.75.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA09278 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:42:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.smith.net.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA01259 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 02:08:52 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199710231638.CAA01259@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Intel really screwing it up... 8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 02:08:51 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Those of you who are following the current mini-saga with Intel will find the latest installment quite in keeping with the high standard set so far. A moderately discreet little piece of spam wandered in a few minutes ago: ------- Forwarded Message From: i21@surveyweb.com Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:26:43 -0700 Message-Id: <199710231626.JAA16723@surveyweb.com> To: mike@smith.net.au Subject: Regarding your recent contact with Intel's electronic support Dear Intel Customer: Intel is currently working to improve the quality of its electronic support and as part of this effort would value your feedback about your experience using this service. If you submitted your inquiry via a newsgroup, your reply may have been posted to the newsgroup and not mailed directly to you. Please check the newsgroup for a reply to your inquiry before beginning the survey. The survey should take about 10 minutes and is located at the following Web site: http://intel_tech.surveyweb.com To start the survey, enter the following information exactly as it appears here: Your email address is: mike@smith.net.au Your survey password is: xxxxx Intel has contracted with Griggs-Anderson Research to conduct these ongoing evaluations of the quality of electronic support provided by Intel. Your responses will be forwarded directly to Griggs-Anderson Research. Unless you request an additional contact from Intel, your answers will not be associated with your name, or your company name. No information about you will be sold or furnished to any company or agency for any purpose whatsoever. Please complete the survey as soon as you can so your recall of service quality will be at its peak! On the behalf of Intel - thank you very much for your feedback. ------- End of Forwarded Message Well gee, the thought of a free potshot at Intel was just too good to resist. But lo, what do we have here? An *underscore* in this high-tech survey company's hostname. Whacko, looks like Intel are indeed keeping their standards up. OK, let's be professional. Start by trying 'www.surveyweb.com', after all, they must have at least a mailto to handle their users. The contents of http://www.surveyweb.com/ : title

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I guess it's not lying though, is it? I can't say I'm amazed, but I have to admit that this is about as pathetic as it gets. Well done all 'round. mike