Spam doesn't make it to the Carmack list. As you know in order to send an
email to the list the sending email must be subscribed to the list. I
checked and the email address is legitimate, it is subscribed. I suspect it
was an honest mistake. I looked into it and
Bebo.com seems legit and not
spam oriented. It's purpose is an online address book. They are also
affiliated with Birthday
Alarm.com which sends out birthday reminders. It
is not an automated process to send out these emails. I signed on to see
what was involved, once you sign on they provide the text for you to copy
and paste into your own emails to send to your contacts. Thus, again I
think it was probably not meant to be spam or malicious.
Personally I would not enter my information into an online database. But I
think it was sent to the list in error.
dale
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald" <geraldcarmack(a)hotmail.com>
To: <CARMACK-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:07 AM
Subject: [CARMACK] Updating my address book
Hi
I am updating my address book and it would be very helpful if you
could
click on the link below and enter your contact details for me:
http://www.bebo.com/fr2/426248a7800708b12328196c619782603d20
I am using a service that keeps contact details current, just update
your
own contact details and then the changes appear in selected friends
address books. When I update my contact details you will see them in your
address book.
Thank you for helping.
Gerald
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