Re: Online Dataspam books

From: Chuck Whealton <chuck_whealton_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 28 Dec 2006 18:01:22 -0800
Message-ID: <1167357682.299208.205100@h40g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

DA Morgan wrote:
> Chuck Whealton wrote:
> > DA Morgan wrote:
> >> rajsdrster_at_gmail.com wrote:
> >>> http://database-technologies.yourspam.com/index.html
> >>>
> >> I see spam and nothing but spam.
> >>
> >> Please apologize for spamming us and read the charter.
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >> --
> >> Daniel A. Morgan
> >> University of Washington
> >> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> >> (replace x with u to respond)
> >> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
> >> www.psoug.org
> >
> > To top it off, they advertise "free books" which dont' appear to be
> > free at all. So not only is it spam, it's lying spam - if you can even
> > differentiate the two.... It looks like they're charging regular
> > prices for downloading the electronic versions of the books they sell.
> >
> > Incredible...
> >
> > Charles R. Whealton
> > Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com

>

> Sell or steal? I've sent a note to some of the publishers. My guess is
> that the merchandise is stolen given the company is not legitimate from
> what I can see.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace x with u to respond)
> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
> www.psoug.org

If the publishers get back to you, I'll be curious to know what they have to say. I imagine stuff like that happens quite a bit.

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com Received on Thu Dec 28 2006 - 20:01:22 CST