Brian's Memo to Spammers, Scammers, and Virus-Writers

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Brian's Memo to Spammers, Scammers, and Virus-Writers

I don't want cyberNOTHING to turn into one of those blogs that's nothing but links to other peoples' content, but one of my oldest friends & earliest co-conspirators recently wrote this extremely heartfelt essay about spam, and I feel it should be shared more widely. Please enjoy.

Tuesday, February 14. 2006
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Daniel D. - #1 - 2006-02-14 22:15 - (Reply)

So subtle... You are blessed to have a friend with such a sensitivity :-)

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