Posted by BobG (192.212.253.8) on January 26, 2002 at 14:51:48:
In Reply to: Troll sighting?? posted by Renee on January 26, 2002 at 10:13:08:
And from every web site they can find.
And if you have ever put you email address on ANY form ANYWHERE.
And they use computers to randomly send out thousands of emails by changing just one letter of a word, such as starting with *imagine*, Amagine, Bmagine, Cmagine, Dmagine etc. By using a cookie they can tell if the message was opened and if it was opened they know it is a good address.
There is big money in selling good addresses. Your bank, school, or employer may be doing it.
Best thing to do if you are not 100 percent certain who it came from is to delete it. Don't open it!