Anti-Spam Site Accused of Spamming, Fixes Error

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Anti-Spam Site Accused of Spamming, Fixes Error

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 4, 2002 @11:26AM from the to-be-removed-do-a-rain-dance dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to this article on CNN, banthespam.com is accused of spamming its visitors. Excerpt: Even if an Internet user chose not to receive e-mail updates from the Telecommunications Research and Action Center, one of the effort's sponsors, the Web site replied with the message: 'You are currently signed up for news and information.' This doesn't help guys . . ." As the article states, the problem was quickly caught and corrected -- and banthespam.com looks like another force for good in the world.

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Looks like someone made a mistake by LaserBeams · 2002-09-04 11:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Now, I'm just left wondering if it was an honest mistake to spam the visitors, or if someone thought the irony would boost visits...

'Cuz that would be like /. posting some news that really didn't matter, just in an attempt to be funny...

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The most sure-fire way... by NanoGator · 2002-09-04 11:36 · Score: 4, Funny

...to stop spam is to filter all the email that says "this message was not sent unsolicited."

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1. Re:The most sure-fire way... by unicron · 2002-09-04 11:46 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Your handle contains the word "Gator", which automatically disqualifies you from discussions on spam and/or spyware, heh-heh.
  
  =)
  
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Beware the banthespam! by vsprintf · 2002-09-04 11:50 · Score: 2, Funny

When I was just a lad, I read all about 'em. Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote about Captain Carter, Barsoom, and the dreaded banthespams... Very dangerous.
Re:Whoa (irony mode on) by wilko11 · 2002-09-04 11:51 · Score: 5, Funny

I can't help but admire the irony of the spam messages I receive offering to "remove pop-ups for ever!!!". I am just waiting for the first spam that offers to "eliminate spam today!!!"
in other news by lingqi · 2002-09-04 11:54 · Score: 4, Funny

Microsoft was found to have several pieces of software (including the ever popular BOB) which had licenses that looked suspiciously like GPL. However, after being called the "prince of open source movement," Company spokesdrones declared that it was in fact a clerical error, and Microsoft has every intention to continue on the path of Evil Empire (tm), and promptly put very restrictive licenses onto the aforementioned software, therefore continuing to be a force of evil in the world.

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Re:Sounds like a bug by gilleyj · 2002-09-04 19:23 · Score: 2, Funny

My person best was a error dialog in a cics package my company wrote, and it wasnt even corrected until a localization team in france send me an email asking exactly how were they suppose to translate "Your settings are inconfigured incorrectly"

hehe

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