From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 5 10:13:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA02217 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 5 Mar 1997 10:13:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from odin.visigenic.com (odin.visigenic.com [204.179.98.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA02210 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 1997 10:13:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from VSI48 (vsi48.visigenic.com [206.64.15.185]) by odin.visigenic.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA8094; Wed, 5 Mar 1997 10:10:19 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970305101332.009a5560@visigenic.com> X-Sender: toneil@visigenic.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 10:13:33 -0800 To: Terry Lambert From: "Tim Oneil" Subject: Re: Junk mail from hackers list Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 10:31 AM 3/5/97 -0700, you wrote: >I have noticed that I am receiving junk mail from AOL's mailing >list agregator again, now that someone from AOL recently subscribed >to the list, and was wondering if anyone else had the same experience? > >I got on this list once before by sending email to my Dad's AOL >account. Apparently, if you send to an AOL account, you are put >on a mailing list for use by people who wish to advertise to you >by mailing to a single list address at AOL. > >Anyone else getting a higher than normal amount of junk mail? > >You would think AOL would have enough problems without pissing off >a lot of highly technically knowledgable people... Terry; I never send mail to people with an AOL account. Forget it, not worth the hassle. Did you send this to AOL? I think these are some words they should hear... -Tim