Yes, I did. And within 30 minutes of the visit I got spammed with the virus from that web site. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Kunz To: Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 6:45 AM Subject: Re: Todd is SPAMming us was[OT] To those looking for 7-segment... > Have you guys calling Todd a spammer ever actually visited his site? > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > Spehro Pefhany on 04/19/2000 06:52:11 PM > > Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list > > > > > > > > > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > > cc: (bcc: Andrew Kunz/TDI_NOTES) > > > > Subject: Re: Todd is SPAMming us was[OT] To those looking > for 7-segment... > > > > > > > > > At 06:39 PM 4/19/00 -0500, you wrote: > > > >I withdraw my SPAM vote and align with Andy...it looks more like an > >announcement that COULD be of interest to the group(s) he posted to. > > I, for one, do *not* want to receive mass-mail SPAM directly at my > e-mail address as a result of posting in mailing lists (or USENET > for that matter). I try very hard to keep my real address and name > with no anti-SPAM adulteration and this sort of cr*p is an irritant. > > In the list, fine, though it should have something indicating that > it is [OT] and that it is an advertisement, unless it is in answer to > an appropriate question, in which case it inherits the title of the > question. > > And, yes, the SPAM e-mails included a virus as a "bonus". Norton > 2000 caught it for me, and it wouldn't have gotten me anyway, but > I did have to notice it. > > Keep it away! At this point, I'll just ignore it and think a little > less of Todd's operation, others can and will complain to Todd's ISP. > > Keep it up, and maybe I'll be p*ssed off enought to write an article > for Nuts and Volts that shows how to do all these things for free. > > Best Regards, > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- = > Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" > speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com > Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com > Contributions invited->The AVR-gcc FAQ is at: http://www.bluecollarlinux.com > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =