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Anti spam screensaver anyone ?

 
 
-=[Waylon Smithers]=-
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      11-29-2004
http://makelovenotspam.com/intl/

Lycos have a screensaver that endlessly requests data from sites that
sell the goods and services mentioned in spam e-mail.

Originally reported at the BBC site.

Hmmm. Nothing like using more resources every day . . .
 
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Dave - Dave.net.nz
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      11-29-2004
-=[Waylon Smithers]=- wrote:
> http://makelovenotspam.com/intl/
> Lycos have a screensaver that endlessly requests data from sites that
> sell the goods and services mentioned in spam e-mail.
> Originally reported at the BBC site.


> Hmmm. Nothing like using more resources every day . . .


why ddos the hosting servers... they are probably not aware of their
customers being spammers until after the deed has finished.

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      11-29-2004
"-=[Waylon Smithers]=-" <lifestyles_choice@springfield_nuclear_plant.com >
wrote in message news:cog2l6$n8t$...
> http://makelovenotspam.com/intl/
>
> Lycos have a screensaver that endlessly requests data from sites that sell
> the goods and services mentioned in spam e-mail.
>
> Originally reported at the BBC site.
>
> Hmmm. Nothing like using more resources every day . . .


Unfortunate I live in NZ...under telecom this wastes valuable data ....



 
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E.
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      11-30-2004
-=[Waylon Smithers]=- wrote:
> http://makelovenotspam.com/intl/
>
> Lycos have a screensaver that endlessly requests data from sites that
> sell the goods and services mentioned in spam e-mail.
>
> Originally reported at the BBC site.
>
> Hmmm. Nothing like using more resources every day . . .


Would you really trust anything that Lycos wrote?
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