[ale] Plaxo Pulse

[George Carless]

Isn't Plaxo some kind of annoying business-related social networking thing?

On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 10:15:16AM -0400, 
Jeff Lightner wrote:
> A con man calls his targeted victim "mark" so perhaps this spammer
> thought he was being clever in his choice of names.
> 
> Even when I get email from full names and addresses of people I know
> I'll usually hesitate before clicking on links or opening attachments -
> especially if they're not computer savvy people.  I'm sure I miss a lot
> of funny stuff by not opening unsolicited Word docs but I'm also sure I
> miss a lot of malicious macros etc...  
> 
> One way to check things out is to do a Google search on the name/domain
> that is being offered.  If it is legit you'll usually see many hits for
> the service and find another way to get there rather than clicking on
> the link in the email (which often enough is masking a completely
> different domain or IP).
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Hubbs
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:40 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Plaxo Pulse
> 
> Best assumption is that it's spam. 
> 
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > I just got invited to join "Mark" at Plaxo Pulse.
> >
> > I can't even tell if that is pure spam, or if someone I know named
> > Mark actually invited me.
> >
> > That is truly irritating.  I'm going to treat is as spam, but I
> > thought I would vent a little here.
> >
> > Greg
> >   
> 
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