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> I have today received my first "direct e-mail spam", by this I mean a
> spam not addressed to a newsgroup or mailing list, but directly to the
> e-mail address of the recipient. I'd expect that as more mailing lists
> get protected against spamming, the spammers will turn to direct e-mail
> spamming. The more clever ones will even create databases of potentially
> interested spam targets. (For example, the originator of the spam below
> seems to have somehow compiled a list of e-mail addresses of Christians)
I would think that you would be more concerned with the fact that this
"unknown" managed to cultivate information on you. How did he/she know you
had a particular interest in Christianity?? Perhaps it's coincidence, but
perhaps it's not. Are you particularly vocal on the subject??
b.
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