Well, given that you didn't tell anyone that you were a Stanford Ph.D. and subscribed from an address that looks suspiciously like one a spammer would use, I'm not particularly surprised at the response you got. :) Nathan On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:24:41 -0800 rbnwic rbcnwmicr said: >I am 'the joker' ... just 'happen' to have wide-ranging interests and >subscribed to lists per them. Sorry to 'bother' you 'watchers.' I have >never spammed or spoofed ... not my 'trip.' Guess a Ph.D. from Stanford >isn't enough to 'merit' list-membership? Not to mention 33 years of college >teaching. :-) > >-----Original Message----- >From: LISTSERV list owners' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On >Behalf Of Scout >Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 12:06 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: warning: [log in to unmask] > > >> I did a simple DejaNews search: >> >> http://www.deja.com/usenet >> >> and found no hits (though I'm in there so I guess the SEARCH function >> does work). > >Don't know if this person has spammed to usenet .. and it's very rare.. in >my opinion, for someone to to to all the work to sub to.. confirm sub, then >spam email lists.. so whoever this joker is.. gotta admire the work ethic >;-)) > > ...Cleo [log in to unmask]