FC: Is Spam Arrest resorting to... spamming?

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu Feb 13 2003 - 05:36:16 PST

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    [Neil has been a reliable contributor to Politech for a while on the topic 
    of spam. But naturally I will give Spam Arrest the right of reply, and 
    forward unedited any response they choose to provide. --Declan]
    
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    Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 08:18:27 -0500
    To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private>
    From: Neil Schwartzman <neilat_private>
    Subject: Spam Arrest Service begins spamming!
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    I am aghast. Surprised, even, despite my cynicism regarding spamming. This 
    is the height of arrogance, and have earned an inclusion of my spamflames 
    website:
    
    http://petemoss.com/spamflames/spamarrest.html
    
    N.B. the petemossat_private address has never given out; it is a pop 
    account and nothing more.
    
    Either they are dictionary attacking sympatico, or they may have data-mined 
    the address.
    
    In no case whatsoever were they given this address.
    
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               for <petemossat_private>; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:02:02 -0500
    Received: from [66.150.163.149] (HELO server1.spamarrest.com)
       by spamarrest.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.3)
       with ESMTP id 13855734 for petemossat_private; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 
    04:00:41 -0800
    Message-ID: <11729172.1045137641675.JavaMail.darynat_private>
    From: Spam Arrest <infoat_private>
    To: Neil Schwartzman <petemossat_private>
    Subject: ADV: Enjoy a spam-free inbox
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    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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    Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 04:00:41 -0800
    
    You may remember recently sending an email to a Spam Arrest customer,
    and receiving a response asking you to visit our website and type in
    a word that was shown to you in a picture.
    
    
    It was pretty easy, wasn't it?
    
    
    Did you know that that one simple step stops virtually all spam from
    entering our customers' inboxes?
    
    
    You too can enjoy the benefits of a spam-free inbox.
    
    We are so confident you'll like our product, that we'd like to offer
    you a 30-Day free trial. If you are un-satisfied for any reason, just
    cancel your account before the end of the trial and you'll pay nothing.
    
    
    
    Click here to visit our website and start your trial:
    
    http://spamarrest.com/affl?MUNGED
    
    
    Spam Arrest
    Take control of your inbox!
    
    
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    You are receiving this email in response to an email you recently
    sent to a Spam Arrest customer.
    
    If you do not wish to receive further promotional emails from
    Spam Arrest, please click the following link:
    
    http://spamarrest.com/affl?MUNGED/optout/index.jsp
    
    -- 
    Neil Schwartzman - Editor & Publisher
    Pete Moss Publications, Industry & Trade Journals
    <http://spamNEWS.com><http://spamFLAMES.com><http://peteMOSS.com>
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