Word: spam
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...mail programs such as Microsoft's Outlook Express and Outlook 98 or Netscape Mail, you might want to be a bit more careful about opening your spam today. Both companies have acknowledged the existence of a serious security flaw in their programs that, according to tests, could allow hackers to mail viruses that will crash your computer or erase your hard drive. And if you think dumping messages straight in the trash keeps you safe, think again: The tests, conducted over the past month by Finnish researchers, showed that some viruses were activated by the very act of deleting -- even...
...PORN 'N' SPAM...
...reporting the consequent carnage. Quittner said of Scott Hirsch, proprietor of DoMeLive.com "It was easy to find customers--Hirsch just trolled Usenet for e-mail addresses." Quittner didn't mention what Hirsch leaves behind while building his business--the problem of unsolicited commercial e-mail, most commonly known as spam. Right now I have more than 1,000 spam messages in my e-mail In-box folder. Those of us who detest spam support the right of porn websites to exist. We do not support the indiscriminate flooding of our e-mail In boxes with unsolicited commercial e-mail. BRUCE...
...would you feel if your 10-year-old daughter received a spam that told her precisely how to access a free live-sex show on the Internet and the only disclaimer was, "If you are under the age of 18, delete this message now"? This is how online pornographers advertise. BRUCE PENNYPACKER Winchester, Mass...
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