[SpamCop-List] Re: News: SpamCop ordered to stop reporting Richter's spam

[Spambo]

N. Miller wrote:

> In article <c7rm4c$db1$1 at news.spamcop.net>, rmu93awSPAMB02 at sneakemail.com 
> says...
> 
>> Can't get there.  Mercury News is probably one of the domains that
>> sell the email addresses they collect to slime like Richter.
> 
> On what evidence do you base your claim?

On the basis that:

   a.  Having to provide an email address serves no purpose other
       than a means to send emails.

   b.  Because they say:

       When you register on MercuryNews.com you will have privileged
       access to our articles and services, free of charge. By learning
       a little about you, we are able to provide the kinds of
       information, offers and services that are of the most interest
       to you.

   c.  A sneakemail address given to a Knight Ridder subsidiary in the
       past has been spammed.

But hey, maybe spammy guessed the sneakemail address - that's why
I said "probably" instead of "definitely".

-- 
Just a SpamCop newsgroup participant, not an admin or employee of
SpamCop or related domains.