21 Oct
1997
21 Oct
'97
12:31 p.m.
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Craig A. Huegen wrote: When IEMMC came out, I did a real test. I created a new account never used for anything. I jumped through their hoops Jun 18, 1997, and got confirmation I was on their remove list. That account still has not been spammed. It has gotten one message that could be interpreted as hate mail, but that's all:
I did likewise, and got the exact opposite result. I've reports going in both directions indicating no spam or suddenly receiving lots of spam to junk accounts created just for the sole purpose of testing the global-remove. I would say that overall the thing is a joke. Steve Mansfield steve@nwnet.net NorthWestNet Network Engineer 425-649-7467