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jonnyw Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 14:42 hey guys, I was going through me Hotmail inbox and deleting all the chainmail, and i stopped to read one. i was so disgusted i couldnt believe that someone had written this, i wont post it here because it is very offending but all i can say is i was more angry than i can remember, so in the last 25 minutes i have built a very simple website where people can petition against them by signing a guestbook. its a very very simple site so i dont expect any kudos on design, so if your like me and you hate them... sign the guestbook. you can even read MY rant in the guestbook, and anyone that knows me here will know i never use the "F" word that much.... hahaha so please try it out... The end of forwards Thanks guys.... -------------- Grand piano. Reed and pipe organ. Glockenspeil. Bass guitar. Vocal chords. Two slightly sampled electric guitars. The venitian effect. Digital sound processor. And Tubular bells. Solo music - http://-terrapin-.bebo.com Band music - http://www.rsimusic.com Back to top

amazarak Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 15:23 You know, all these chain mails, spam and other stuff is an incentive to make all the internet connections faster and faster. Many believe, that if it wasn't for the spam, no one would ever have such fast Internet connections at home as it is now. And in my opinion the best thing one may do against unwanted mail is just to ignore it. Any reaction, such as Your website, just makes their authors know that it is effective. Also You may consider using other hosting serivice, if Yours does not offer a spam filter. However, most free mail services do allow some advertisements to be delievered to You, bacause they earn money that way. And don't put Your explicit email address on public places like this forum, bacause there are mining bots which search the web for such addresses and send all that unwanted stuff. cheers amazarak -------------- Just hold your heading true Got to get your finest out Back to top

jonnyw Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 15:35 true, but am also trying to make peoiple aware that they should delete them on sight, the best way to ignore in my opinion. what makes matters worse is when people forward them. internet connections are fast because of spam? if anything it should be slower, no? -------------- Grand piano. Reed and pipe organ. Glockenspeil. Bass guitar. Vocal chords. Two slightly sampled electric guitars. The venitian effect. Digital sound processor. And Tubular bells. Solo music - http://-terrapin-.bebo.com Band music - http://www.rsimusic.com Back to top

amazarak Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 15:38 Quote (jonnyw @ Jan. 03 2006, 21:35) internet connections are fast because of spam? if anything it should be slower, no? I mean spam and all other unnecessary traffic generates the necessity of making them faster amazarak -------------- Just hold your heading true Got to get your finest out Back to top

jonnyw Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 15:41 ohhh right i get ya!! faster internet connections means cheaper internet costs means more internet users means more spam though.. hmmmm the site was done in a blind rage, but ill leave it up and see if i get any guestbook signings... hahaha -------------- Grand piano. Reed and pipe organ. Glockenspeil. Bass guitar. Vocal chords. Two slightly sampled electric guitars. The venitian effect. Digital sound processor. And Tubular bells. Solo music - http://-terrapin-.bebo.com Band music - http://www.rsimusic.com Back to top

amazarak Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 15:43 heheheh By making a sign in Your guestbook, one makes his email clearly available to the bots lol amazarak -------------- Just hold your heading true Got to get your finest out Back to top

jonnyw Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 15:46 ahh but they dont necessarily have to add their email........ and i can fix it so it doesnt display them, now that i am aware of the bots! hahahahah -------------- Grand piano. Reed and pipe organ. Glockenspeil. Bass guitar. Vocal chords. Two slightly sampled electric guitars. The venitian effect. Digital sound processor. And Tubular bells. Solo music - http://-terrapin-.bebo.com Band music - http://www.rsimusic.com Back to top

amazarak Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 16:02 nice trick is to display an email address as as image (but with no mailto: link, of course ) It can be quite easly done with php. amazarak -------------- Just hold your heading true Got to get your finest out Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 16:37 I find company emails more annoying, but it is annoying when there is no subject, so I thus suspect it is not a FWD, and open it to be dissapointed (this is when it is from someone you know, and would email) but all in all, it's not awful -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 16:54 Faster connections = faster downloads.  Faster access to streaming media.  However, connection speeds have been getting faster and faster but without a decent volume of content to support it.  At the moment, most online things that "work best on broadband" are gimmicky and serve no real purpose other than to waste time. Chain mails are simply not the reason for connection speeds getting faster.  They are a lot less common than they used to be, maybe because people started to wise up to them a while ago, or maybe it's just that none of my online contacts are people who send them on.  I can't remember the last time I received one. By putting up a guestbook to petition against chain mails, you won't make an impact on anything unless you do exactly what chain mails suggest: send it to all your friends!  So, if you don't tell everyone about your guestbook, few people will visit it, and that defeats the purpose of having it.  And if you do, you're mimicking the behaviour of the very emails you're trying to destroy. Anyway, chain mails are far less concerning than security threats such as viruses, trojans and spyware.  It amazes me how many people have infected their PCs, and to such a great degree.  It is quite incredible what people will click on. This is a Mike Oldfield community.  Chain mails are the least of our concerns.  The truth hurts, but honesty is the best policy. -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 17:18 AGREED *thumbs up* ciao now *waves* -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

jonnyw Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 17:58 yip agreed -------------- Grand piano. Reed and pipe organ. Glockenspeil. Bass guitar. Vocal chords. Two slightly sampled electric guitars. The venitian effect. Digital sound processor. And Tubular bells. Solo music - http://-terrapin-.bebo.com Band music - http://www.rsimusic.com Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 18:24 What?  That's it?  C'mon!   Seriously though, if one person's opinion can make you totally reconsider this, why post it in the first place? Maybe I'm just too persuasive... -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

jonnyw Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Jan. 03 2006, 21:57 hahahah well im keeping the site up... but im not worried on all you guys opinions!ill see how it goes with it.. might be interesting.. i know it wont make an impact on aything, but if i can get people to delete them as soon as see them, maybe therll be a diffrence made. but probably not. duno bout you guys but ill delete them. hahahahahaha -------------- Grand piano. Reed and pipe organ. Glockenspeil. Bass guitar. Vocal chords. Two slightly sampled electric guitars. The venitian effect. Digital sound processor. And Tubular bells. Solo music - http://-terrapin-.bebo.com Band music - http://www.rsimusic.com Back to top

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