Re: [ot - sort of] spammer bites the dust (goodbye gtcdrom. com)

[Raju Mathur <raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, so you don't know the origin of the word either :)

>>>>> "Suresh" == Suresh Ramasubramanian <mallet@xxxxxxx> writes:

    Suresh> Raju Mathur rearranged electrons thusly:
    >> How many Indian Internet users actually know what the word spam
    >> means?  Not saying it's an american concept, but the word
    >> itself is something quite unknown to most people here.
 
    Suresh>  They find out very fast when
 
    Suresh>  1. They get tired of just hitting delete for every spam
    Suresh> they get 2. They (or their family) is embarassed by yet
    Suresh> another "Free XXX" spam 3. They try out a little "e-mail
    Suresh> marketing" and get their accounts / sites deleted by their
    Suresh> ISP
 
    Suresh>  [ob. LI] - http://www.spambouncer.org - great procmail
    Suresh> filters
 
    Suresh> -- Suresh Ramasubramanian + mallet<@>efn.org You spamma my
    Suresh> mailbox, I nukea da ass