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I'm actually neither particularly unhappy nor vindictive. I also
appreciate some of the so-called spam on the list and have found useful
things there, but when someone does the equivalent of 'psst, wanna buy a
watch?' , I get a tad tinkled. I get about 20 pieces of spam a day. If
the person was merely advertising his website as Mark Brown (among many
others) have done on this list, (especially if they[ve actually contributed
useful into to the list in the past) I would have no objection, but this
"contact me privately" stuff just smells bad. My action was not motivated
by vindictiveness, just by the thought that if enough of us do this sort of
thing consistently, it will begin to put a dent in the volume of spam we
all have to deal with. -uf
At 11:26 AM 10/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Ullrich Fischer wrote:
> >
> > I got an email back from an administrator at Dr Layne's email home (Des
> > Moines University Medical Center) thanking me for reporting this and saying
> > his email privileges will be revoked. This is spam. Don't kid
> > yourself. It would be just as illegal if it involved a mass snail
> > mail-out. Sometimes bitching is the only way to get necessary behavior
> > changes.
> >
> > If you fall for this spam, you're the one expecting things to be handed to
> > you on a silver platter. There are plenty of opportunities to evaluate and
> > act on stock related information legally.
> >
> > At 08:15 AM 10/13/99 -0500, Gerald Marisch wrote:
> > >Some on this this look up and see the sky. They request the information,
> > >get it, evaluate it, use it or discard it, thank the person who sent
> it and
> > >go on with their lives.
> > >
> > >Others on this list look up, see the clouds, and bitch, bitch, bitch about
> > >how everything and anything is not handed to them every day on a silver
> > >platter!
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Layne Hermansen <lahermansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Date: October 12, 1999 20:33
> > >Subject: Medical Stock
> > >
> > >
> > > >This service is not meant to 'spam' stocks. So I won't.
> > > >However, if anyone is interested in what I think as a physician
> > > >about a medical product which is capable of being on 60 minutes
> > > >or 20/20, please email me and I'll give you my full due dilligence.
> > > >Its a medical breakthrough and the public will soon be informed.
> > > >
> > > >No I don't work for the company, I'm just a doctor who has had
> phenominal
> > > >results with the product, along with other doctors around the country.
> > > >The product has just been in the stores for two months and its already
> > > >had 1 million purchases. Its a Nasdaq Stock around $13. Next year
> > > >the product will be launched world wide. The entire US population will
> > > >know about it in 3 weeks and the shelves will be emptied the next
> day,imo.
> > > >
> > > >Dr. Hermansen
> > > >lahermansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >
>My, my, the guy was spamming the list to tell us about a stock that
>might go thru the roof. Is it true? Well, that is for us to research and
>find out. Is/was he trying to benefit his probable holdings in the
>stock?-sure!! so what..........it is up to us to find out if there
>was/is any validity to his claim. His little spam did not deserve your
>response-shame on you!! You must be a very unhappy vindictive person.
>I have never minded spams on this list. I was introduced to my trading
>mentor-a great guy-who "spammed" this list by replying to a question and
>signing his name with his web-site also. IM GLAD HE DID!! I would have
>never hooked up with him otherwise!! Harry
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