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Mon, 20 Jan 1997 22:23:17 GMT
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On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 10:48:23 -0800, Philip and Rebecca Brownell
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>How do you stop it?  I've followed their instructions to reply
>with unsubscribe or whatever

Unfortunately, some unscrupulous mass emailers use your reply as
CONFIRMATION that your address is good, so you move from unknown status
to 'got a live one...'

I use the DELETE key liberally and never reply to these messages.
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