Re: Other Astronomy forums and groups

From: Tom Trusock (ttrusock_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:40:15 GMT

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 06:24:57 -0400, "Dusty" <jdb_mars@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Watch out what group you use because some of them sell your address and some
>route SPAM ansd/or virus type stuff to you -- as AsstroMart does. My proxy
>server stores hits from SPAMMERS to my real IP address and AsstroMart hits
>are numerous. Some of them appear to be spoofed web sites, so just beware
>that even using anti-virus software on your PC will not necessarily block
>the stuff if it appears that you give permission for it to come in.
>
>Dusty

FWIW, I've *never* had a problem with SPAM from or through Astromart.

Yahoo groups OTOH....

Tom T.