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Re: Spamming

--- In Practical_Carbine@yahoogroups.com, Larry Bump <lbump@...> wrote:
>
> Bruce Krell wrote:
> > Great. Thanks for the clarification.
> > I like these groups and just didn't want to piss anyone off.
> >
> > I got that same invite. I'm wondering if this was a list member.
> > Or, maybe someone hacked into yahoo. After all, didn't they
> > do this with Palin's e-mail address?
>
>
> He has been a member for over a year.
> That's the only reason I did not ban him immediately.
>
> But he better knock it off right away.

I don't have a problem with people posting a brief invitation on this
group to join another Yahoo gun-related group.




Sun Dec 7, 2008 9:32 pm

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Please do not spam the members. If anyone here gets spammed after this date by any member, let me know and I will ban them....
Larry Bump
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Oct 2, 2008
11:11 pm

What consitutes spam? When I joined this group, the owner at the time said I could promote my shooting classes. Is this now considered spam? It certainly is in...
Bruce Krell
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Oct 2, 2008
11:16 pm

I am perhaps a little simplistic and I help the boss out sometimes, but isn't the use of the word:  " For Sale " or "FS"  or a url to a spammy website...
Joe Strain aka Yodar
cz52_99
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Oct 2, 2008
11:26 pm

... Nope. Sending list members "invitations" or other solicitations off list is. Posting "invitations" to join something or other on the list is too. I got an...
Larry Bump
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Oct 2, 2008
11:31 pm

Great. Thanks for the clarification. I like these groups and just didn't want to piss anyone off. I got that same invite. I'm wondering if this was a list...
Bruce Krell
bkrell2002
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Oct 2, 2008
11:50 pm

... He has been a member for over a year. That's the only reason I did not ban him immediately. But he better knock it off right away....
Larry Bump
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Oct 3, 2008
12:08 am

... I don't have a problem with people posting a brief invitation on this group to join another Yahoo gun-related group....
rd_hobbies99
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Dec 7, 2008
9:32 pm

Well, some people are joining these various 'social networking' things and don't realize that these things comb through their yahoo contact list and send...
Jon Carroll
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Oct 3, 2008
12:36 am

The service Grouply asks for members yahoo user name and password, they then use that comb through the members address list and group memberships and then...
Sherrill D. Colford Jr
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Oct 6, 2008
10:21 pm
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