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	Spam reaches 30

Aribeth

4-25-2008 10:45 AM

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Aribeth says:

"It was the first really bad thing that people started doing on the internet, in terms of letting the small town rules break down and start abusing people."

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4-25-2008 11:32 AM

abailart

/www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODshB09FQ8w

I grew up a couple of miles from where S[pam was made. A pink substance in a tin which made me cry and go vegetarian.

4-25-2008 11:34 AM

skwirlinator

I don't get much spam - I don't click on emails I don't ask for and I do report all I get as spam. Of coarse I don't use Yahoo or MSN email anymore either.

4-25-2008 11:35 AM

abailart

www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE

Correction

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