Re: SPAM

From: Alun Jones (alun@texis.com)
Date: 09/21/02 

From: alun@texis.com (Alun Jones)
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 02:05:06 GMT

In article <478801c260d3$fa597d90$3bef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA10>, "Pat"
<p.emich@att.net> wrote:
>Having been unable to contact Microsoft unless I give them
>more big bucks, I pose this question. Have any of you been
>assaulted with SPAM from Microsoft? This has been going
>on for several weeks if not months. A pop-up ad from
>Microsoft appears as soon as I go online. I immediately x
>it out, it reappears, I, again, x it out, it reappears, ad
>infinitum thoroughout my net visit. This is so annyoying
>and frustrating and I am as mad as hell at Microsoft.

What makes you think that the pop-up ad is from Microsoft?

Alun.
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