RE: Excite

From: Tom Geller <tom_at_spamcon.org>
Date: Mon 15 Oct 2001 16:18:18 -0500

RON SHERIDAN <ron_at_ronsheridan.com> WROTE:

>Excite.com is dying because Excite_at_Home has filed
>bankruptcy.

An interesting (and unfortunate) sidenote: Now that
Excite has "more important" things to worry about than
controlling abuse, many spammers now use @excite.com
dropboxes for replies. It appears that no-one's working
the abuse desks, and the accounts stay live. :-/

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