[ale] spam sites

[matty91 at bellsouth.net]

I wrote an online study guide, and had the same thing happen to me. It's
amusing seeing how the Internet puts ppl together.

- Ryan

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, James P. Kinney III wrote:

> Ah, yes. The resume dweebs. I had forgotten as I gave up using those
> sites about a year ago. I do recall getting just blasted shortly after
> any update I made.
>
> Apparently, my address comes up (seeing as I have a big mouth and do
> like to help solve problems) on google searches for computer woes from
> the ale archives. Lately, I've been getting 1-2 "please help me with
> this. I found you through a Google search and I'm pulling out my hair"
> emails a week from all over the world! Maybe I should point them to my
> paypal account :)
>
> On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 17:30, Fulton Green wrote:
> > I have noticed that my "ale" address reaps quite a few pieces of spam, even
> > some that AREN'T ALE postings ;-).  Other sources include the free lottery
> > site LuckySurf (make sure you check the "send me 3rd-party stuff" when you
> > register), or putting a clickable email address on your home page, and even
> > exposing the email address in your registry listing.  I've found that I
> > keep getting spam to my "sales" and "info" addresses even though I've never
> > published such addresses.
> >
> > Oh yeah, AllExecs.com (the Resume Rabbit turds) would just LOVE to hear from
> > you as well.  And let's not forget putting your address onto a high-traffic
> > Usenet group.  I think most of my spams come from when I put my re'sume'
> > onto the atl.resumes newsgroup.  It may not exist anymore.
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 05:01:24PM -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > Any one with any good ideas on places to drop email address to GET
> > > spammed?
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