OT: illegal? (Re: Brad's Mail) (was: Paul's Mailfrom)

Tue Sep 3 00:27:38 UTC 2002

On Tue, 03 Sep 2002 00:14:04 -0000, "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam at noc.everquick.net>  said:
> 
> BK> From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles at skynet.be>
> BK> Subject: Re: Brad's Mail (was: Paul's Mailfrom)
> BK> X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Outlook will expire in 3 days.  Please
> BK>     contact Microsoft about purchasing a new license.  Remember: software
> BK>     piracy is a felony!
> 
> Your full headers are amusing.  Is it legal (wrong group, I know)
> to disclose information like this to third parties?  Seems rather
> slimy for a MUA to pull a stunt like that...

Yes, it's pretty slimy for an MUA to do this, but you're wrong as to what was
really going on.  Look a bit at this message in Outlook and think...
-- 
				Valdis Kletnieks
				Computer Systems Senior Engineer
				Virginia Tech

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