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Number   :  2859
Date     :  2002-09-27
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Spam message and its inclusion
Size(KB) :  3


angmed:

Although this may be redundant to what I said earlier,
let me explain what went on with your message
(probably it was msg #2853 which I have deleted).

>consequently can not understand the SPAM you referred
>to in your helpful repply, kindly, explain if you have
>the time.

If you carefully examine your latest post (#2856),
(even the one on the web version, as opposed to the
one you receive via Email), you will notice that beyond
the original text that you cited in your reply,
near the bottom of the message, the following section
appears

---------------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
ADVERTISEMENT

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[Non-text portions of ... have been removed]
---------------------------------------------

This part of text was appended by *YOU* when
you wrote the message as a reply using your
Email client (e.g., Outlook Express, or any other).

I always ask everyone to carefully remove any
unnecessary portion of the cited text that are
Yahoo's advertisement.

But, what I pointed out in my last message (#2854)
with regard to the SPAM was the fact your earlier
message (#2853) was apparently created by you
as a reply to the one earlier (#2852) which was
posted by a spammer. What I pointed out was your
innocent mistake that you created your message
as a reply and included the entire text of the
earlier spam post (which arrived at your subscribed
Email --- please check in your mail box if you have
not deleted your own copy of your post).
The spam message had the title

"new pictures uploaded.."

Unfortunately, the spam text contained a hyperlink
to http://drentiare.xxxxxxxxx.com/index.html
(I have deliberately modified this URL, above) which
was quite "active" and would generate quite a few
pop up windows that includes a dialog window
which may change your default starting (home) web page
to be one of the silly web sites. In short, you
inadvertently propagated the entire spam text which
is one of the worst kind which I have been trying
to eliminate (and I had to delete your entire message
because it contained the nasty hyperlink).

The trouble with spam messages (and the propagated ones)
is that everyone who subscribes to this discussion group
automatically receives the spam; besides, the archived
message in this group's web page will also be
contaminated.

My plea to everyone in this group is to make sure
the massage to be posted is free from unnecessary
text which often includes the Yahoo-appended text near
the bottom. What I propose to you (angmed) is to stop
using the easy way of replying to the previous
email, but rather you should start a new Email to
the following address xxcopy @ yahoogroups.com,
else read the entire text that you are about to
send and make sure that the cited text only the
relevant text and nothing more.

And, when you see an obvious spam, regardless of
how funny it may be, please do not even comment on it.
They are simply noise. Also, this message board
is not a "throw-away" chat between two individuals.

Therefore, everyone should refrain from posting
a short reply such as "Thankx for the answer".

Just remember that we all receive more Emails than
we really care for. Therefore, let's keep this
discussion group as a "content-rich" mailing list
so that subscribers do not waste their time.

Kan Yabumoto
=======================================================
At 2002-09-26 18:35, angmed wrote:

>After trying to Clone a C:\ drive several times without success, even 
>after reading the very well written and complete explanation from XXcopy's 
>Website, I'm compelled to ask for a command line from you which might 
>help me do it correctly once and for all while copying the empty directories..





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