Received: from emout01.mail.aol.com (emout01.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.92]) by literacy (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA22695 for <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov>; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 08:19:55 -0500 (EST) From: RJurczyk@aol.com Received: by emout01.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id IAA22267 for nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 08:20:11 -0500 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 08:20:11 -0500 Message-ID: <961210082010_1685738633@emout01.mail.aol.com> To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Subject: junk mail Status: O X-Status: Have any of you had trouble with junk e-mail? So far I haven't, but from articles in the newspapers and stories on television it is a problem. I ran upon the following post today concerning a free (today) program which is supposed to help with this problem. As you will see, the message involves two postings and describes both the problem and the new program to be downloaded. Good luck! Robin Jurczyk nifl-family moderator rjurczyk@aol.com ************************** I have had several private e-mails asking me "what is "spam"?". "Spam" is unsolicited e-mail usually sent to a large number of people that is to harrass, advertise, shock and perpetrate hoaxes on the internet. There is a really good explanation of the different types of "spam" on the RSVP Mail site. Just go to their home page at: http://www.rsvpmail.com/ and click on any link that says "faq". AOL has been fighting "Spam" in the courts for a while now, and it is a general nuisance on the internet. I am on many mailing lists for my job, so I receive a lot of "spam". I received one "shock" spam recently that was about child pornography. I read the first few sentences before I realized what it was. What I did read was really disgusting and offensive. It really makes me shudder that children could open and read even a couple of lines of such e-mail as I did! I understand now that the FBI is trying to find the person that sent the e-mail message out on the net. Anyway, I don't like receiving this sort of message and this new e-mail program stops it. I understand that RSVP Mail will be available for free for another day (Tuesday) as they had so many people downloading it. Good luck! Gail Anne > Subject: Free Spam Stopping E-mail Software > Date: Thursday, December 05, 1996 11:28 PM > > Hi Everyone, > > I have been on Parenting-L for about a year now and have gotten so many great tips, ideas and URLs. So many times I have started a message to delurk, but everyone else has always said it first, and usually much more capably! :-) > > Well now is my chance to put in my 2 cents. I wanted to make certain that everyone here knew about the new RSVP Mail software which you can download for free this Monday. They are giving away the first 10,000 copies from midnight to 6 AM Monday. > > I have been one of the beta testers and it is really great for stopping spam and controlling the mail my kids receive. I think you'll really like it, too. > The URL (see I didn't forget) is http://www.rsvpmail.com/ > > Gail Anne
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