From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,94066ba9841467b3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-25 12:05:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Somebody on this List Has Worms Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:00:49 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2938 Date: 2003-11-25T14:00:49-06:00 List-Id: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" wrote in message news:lvJwb.1493$oe.121571@read1.cgocable.net... > I don't disagree that it is possible, but I sure hope things have > deteriorated to that level. A few selfish people are turning this > wonderful Internet priviledge into a sewer system. Nice freudian slip. The worms come in pairs, and usually no more than a handful come from any one real sender. So I think it is the worms that are collecting the addresses, not some infected user here. Of course, with Congress passing the "spam legalization act", the Internet will be dead very soon anyway. (Which is probably what they want - can't have uncontrolled communciation out there.) Randy.