RE: MP3.com

[Joe Kurland <ganeydn...>]

Unfortunately, unless you have a fast internet connection, you have 
to wait for all the junk to download before it ends up in your trash. 
Porn and ad mailers for you don't want tend to change their addresses 
regularly so filters don't work that well over a period of time.

When I went to Shirona's MPG site I noticed that Pfizer was 
collecting the information and asking if they had permission to send 
me special offers.  Now why would a drug company want to know what 
kind of music I'm listening to?  Does the kind of music you like 
suggest what kind of drugs they can push on you?  Vallium for rock 
and rollers?  Pep pills for easy listening fans?  Do I trust them not 
to send me ads if I say no?  NO!

At least they told me who wanted the information.  Ever since 
corresponding with a chazan in South America, I've been getting ads 
in Spanish which I don't even understand.  I'm sure the good chazan 
didn't give my email address to the advertisers, but probably his ISP 
did.


Zayt gezunt (be healthy),

Yosl (Joe) Kurland
The Wholesale Klezmer Band
Colrain, MA 01340
voice/fax: 413-624-3204
http://www.WholesaleKlezmer.com


At 10:34 AM -0400 5/18/01, Mordechai Kamel wrote:
>Most e-mail programs have features to automatically block junk e-mail that
>are very easy to use.  I use Microsoft outlook and if one goes to the tools
>menu and the 'rules wizard' it is possible to set up a category called junk
>e-mail that will automatically direct incoming junk e-mail to the
>wastebasket without going through the inbox.  After that it is a minor thing
>whenever a junk e-mail comes in you right click on the message and then
>click the 'Junk E-mail' button and then 'add to Junk Sender's list'.  You
>never have to see another junk e-mail from that sender again.
>
>In a similar vein, for those of you troubled by unwanted 'pop up ads' there
>is a program that automatically eliminates them, and it's free for personal
>use.  Go to  http://www.adminus.com/se/features.html and follow the
>directions.

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