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To: steve goldman who wrote (35)	5/30/1999 1:35:00 AM
From: Jon Tara	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58

What e-mail? ("As I stated in my email to you,..."). I received no e-mail from you - only the spam. BTW, I did NOT receive the spam at the address listed in my profile here on SI. I received it at an account that I NEVER use to sign up for anything online, since it is not a personal account, but an admin account for a web site. It is very unlikely that a friend would "sign me up" at that address, since few people would associate me with that address. You wrote: "Rather, someone and I am not sure if it was you, sends me an email today that would disgust my mother, with tons of profanity, then goes to the extent of post your email up here." Aren't YOU jumping to conclusions, now? It wasn't me. I sent a very polite e-mail to your ISP. In fact, it was more polite than my usual spam response. I usually ask the ISP to terminate the offender's account. In your case, since I knew it was a brokerage house and the ISP was unlikely to do that, I simply asked them to assure that their customer stopped engaging in spamming. If you received a vulger e-mail from somebody complaining about spam, I would assume that I am not the only one "accidently" on your mailing list.

To: steve goldman who wrote (35)	5/30/1999 1:56:00 AM
From: Jon Tara	Respond to of 58

"Quite simply, we do not harvest web addresses." That's quite possible. Usually, when addressed are "harvested" from web sites, I get multiple copies of the spam to all of the addresses listed on the site. My best guess as to where this came from is Internic. It's the address listed as the site contact. Ring a bell? Trying to get exposure at financial sites? :) Why not try a more direct and honest approach? Just ask for a link. I expect to get that kind of mail, and don't consider it spam. Don't assume, though, that every financial site wants to be on your mailing list, and receive your wisdom on a regular basis. At least ASK if they want to be on the list. BTW, I'm pretty amused at the scenario of somebody else thinking I'd be interested, and signing me up. That's something that I'd certainly never consider doing for someone else - in fact, I'd consider it downright rude. Yet, this is the most common excuse I'm given for spam. Probably THE most common excuse, even though it's about the least plausible one.