LOL! found this about "spam" from 2003


	LOL! found this about "spam" from 2003

myclipmarks271

5-5-2008 5:12 AM

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myclipmarks271 says:

he he it said that emails may crash, and this was taken from an excerpt in 2003 - hmmm seems we still have email and we still have spam.. yuch, dont know abotu anybody else, but I get 300+ a day spammy crappy emails hate tem

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