17 posts tagged with e-mail
Discovery leaked my e-mail address
When I sign-up with a new service or get asked for my e-mail address, I ensure that I use a unique alias each time and rarely provide my personal address. This way I can easily filter my incoming messages, but also track sources of spam. If I receive spam on an address that I’ve only given out once before, then … view full post
Some e-mails I’ve received
Some of the e-mails I’ve received via my contact form over the past week or two:
“Hi i’m 18 and it would give me great plaesure to sing one of christinas songs from her very first album like blessed as i have been with my daughter or love will find a way as both of these songs mean alot in my
voda, not coda
And another for good measure. It’s voda, people… work with me here… *sigh*
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:31:37 +0200
From: “Candice Devlin” <****@statucor.co.za>
CC: “072*******@coda.co.za”
Hi Charlie Thank you for the invite for saturday night,debbie has told me after a ton of questions that she has a surprise for me on saturday evening,so we cant make it.Im excited, hope you enjoy your evening.
Lucky … view full post
You mean @voda.co.za
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:54:24 +0200
From: “Oliphant, Irishadore” <*******@vwsa.co.za>
To: “082*******@coda.co.za”
“He wena san, wat praat jy my outie. Hona Chance my bra, daas nuwe happenings, ma sal ma elaborate oor dit as ons meet. Man sal ma hie blom, en check wat uitpop. Sou nja gewees het as’k kon gan. Otherwise geniet ma jou tyd da inie blom, sal maybe
Firebird becomes Firefox
The Mozilla Foundation announced yesterday the immediate availability of a new preview release of its next generation web browser: Mozilla Firefox – … view full post
eBay phishing e-mail
Big congrats to n@ on her 21st birthday – rockit!
I received an e-mail scam yesterday, the hoaxer pretending to be associated with online bidding giant eBay. Their e-mail claimed that during their supposed regular account updates, they couldn’t verify my information. As a result, access to my supposed eBay … view full post
Get a life
Dear Damien,
We are currently building what we hope will be the world’s largest collection of promotional pens and pencils. If your company has such pens or pencils, and you could spare one, we would be most grateful.
Yours sincerely,
Klas and Sheila Abrahamsson
Whatever. Get a life.
Via days of my life: “The BBC hosted a unique global television debate about America’s … view full post
A bad day
It’s always nice to know that, when you have a bad day, somewhere, someone had it worse… ;)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 16:42:57 +0200
From: *****@ma2.sun.ac.za
To: 082*******@coda.co.za
Subject: Bad day
I do not want u to worry I just had a bad day and I am fine now. I had a fight with Maj Erasmus because I took an Airforce student to
WIN a Pentium 4 valued at more than R8000
I received in my inbox this morning, for the third time, an e-mail from Annette inviting me to enter their “WIN a Pentium 4 valued at more than R8000” competition. This is clearly a good example of viral marketing – “any strategy that encourages individuals to pass on a marketing message … view full post
Minotaur
Introducing Minotaur, a project to create a stand-alone mail client based on the Mozilla suite’s Mail & Newsgroups component.
Read the full release and check out the mozilla.org project page – they desperately need contributors with UI experience to build a decent theme, … view full post