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From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: adverts on c.l.a
Date: 1999/03/01
Date: 1999-03-01T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7bep0r$98$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 36DABF5E.E060CB3B@lmco.com

As to the advert issue, I don't mind them at all, if posted by a regular c.l.a
poster. The poster at least ought to be willing to hang out and answer
questions. A bunch of slick empty marketing drivel would be less than welcome.

Ada job postings are in a different category entirely. Even if you aren't
looking for a job, they are much less of a nuisance than the "there are no Ada
jobs" flamewars we'd get otherwise.

In article <36DABF5E.E060CB3B@lmco.com>,
  Steve Quinlan <steven.quinlan@lmco.com> wrote:
> us, huh?)  What really bothers me is I know for a fact that my email
> address has been "lifted" off of  CLA and nowhere else by people who
> sent me email, one was someone doing recruiting, one was some other scam
> totally unrelated to Ada, or anything else of  a technical nature. But,
> once you put out yer address, you're fair game these days I guess.

Ditto here. When I was at lmc I got a lot of spam directed to an email
address I had ceased using 4 years before. I suspect I'm not the only one,
based on the number of munged email addresses I see people using here.

I've found with a bit of effort put into an email filter, spam actualy can be
quite entertaining. Some of the scams are downright hilarious.

T.E.D.

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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-03-01  0:00 adverts on c.l.a Pat Rogers
1999-03-01  0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-01  0:00   ` Pat Rogers
1999-03-01  0:00   ` Nick Roberts
1999-03-02  0:00     ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-01  0:00       ` David Botton
1999-03-02  0:00         ` robert_dewar
1999-03-02  0:00           ` David Botton
1999-03-04  0:00         ` Magnus Kempe
1999-03-01  0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-01  0:00 ` Steve Quinlan
1999-03-01  0:00   ` dennison [this message]
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