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Daniel C.

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Aug 5, 2009, 5:32:34 PM8/5/09
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I just got the following message in response to a post I made to the list:
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Hello Daniel C.,

I've received your message entitled "Re: [Open Manufacturing] Re:
DIYBio: Oranges without the tree?". I wanted to let you know that I've
added you to my Boxbe Guest List.

Boxbe helps me manage my email by prioritizing messages from people I
know. You'd be amazed at how much better my inbox is now.

This is the only email you will receive about Boxbe from me and there
is no need to respond.

Learn more about Boxbe.

Thank you,
pari...@gmail.com

About this Notice
This courtesy notice is part of a free service to make email more
reliable and useful. Boxbe (www.boxbe.com) uses your existing social
network and that of your friends to keep your inbox clean and make
sure you receive email from people who matter to you.

Boxbe
Say Goodbye to Email Overload
www.boxbe.com
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Has anyone else received a message like this? As far as I can tell
this is spam - unsolicited advertisement - and I'm inclined to request
that pari...@gmail.com be unsubscribed immediately and with extreme
prejudice. What say ye?

-Dan C.

Bryan Bishop

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Aug 5, 2009, 5:35:30 PM8/5/09
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On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Daniel C. wrote:
> Has anyone else received a message like this?  As far as I can tell
> this is spam - unsolicited advertisement - and I'm inclined to request
> that pari...@gmail.com be unsubscribed immediately and with extreme
> prejudice.  What say ye?

This was probably something stupid that Jata did on a silly website.
If she doesn't reply soon I'll be sure to call her and complain- I
don't think she should be banned.

- Bryan
http://heybryan.org/
1 512 203 0507

Parijata Mackey

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Aug 5, 2009, 5:35:12 PM8/5/09
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Er, I have no idea why that would be sent on my behalf. I've just been inundated with Boxbe spam, and it's incredibly frustrating. I don't even know what Boxbe is. Has anyone else dealt with this problem? How do I get rid of it?
--
Parijata Mackey
University of Chicago
pari...@gmail.com
www.parijata.com

--

"Have patience with all yet unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and foreign scripts. Do not now seek the answers. They cannot yet be given because you could not yet live them -- and the point is to live everything. At the present, you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

ben lipkowitz

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Aug 5, 2009, 5:39:09 PM8/5/09
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Daniel C. wrote:
> Has anyone else received a message like this? As far as I can tell
> this is spam - unsolicited advertisement - and I'm inclined to request
> that pari...@gmail.com be unsubscribed immediately and with extreme
> prejudice. What say ye?

yes, parijata should be unsubscribed from boxbe immediately and with
extreme prejudice. but that choice is up to her.

Daniel C.

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Aug 5, 2009, 5:39:44 PM8/5/09
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On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Parijata Mackey<pari...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Er, I have no idea why that would be sent on my behalf. I've just been
> inundated with Boxbe spam, and it's incredibly frustrating. I don't even
> know what Boxbe is. Has anyone else dealt with this problem? How do I get
> rid of it?

I apologize then! I thought you'd signed up and knew it was going to
be spamming people. I googled boxbe (most of the results after the
company itself were about annoying spam) and one of the comments in an
article about their infuriatingly retarded business practices had a
comment from someone, apparently at Boxbe, linking here:
https://www.boxbe.com/unsubscribe

Good luck!

-Dan C.

Parijata Mackey

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Aug 5, 2009, 5:41:37 PM8/5/09
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Yeah, I just went to their website and yelled at them. Someone I know subscribed me to it, intentionally or not, and... it's annoying. Sorry, guys. Definitely not advertising for Boxbe -- don't even click their link, I don't want to give them traffic. Bastards.

Update: Wow, they even got into my Facebook account. I'm mildly obsessed with infosec, so this kind of freaks me out. Time to change all my passwords, and then kill them. Don't click on their stuff, seriously, I don't know how they're doing this, but I don't like it.

Cheers, guys. Let me know if the problem doesn't stop (it should).

Parijata Mackey

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Aug 5, 2009, 5:46:53 PM8/5/09
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Sweet, thanks, I think that did it. I hope. 

Take care! :-)


Good luck!

-Dan C.


Daniel C.

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Aug 5, 2009, 5:51:22 PM8/5/09
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On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Parijata Mackey<pari...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I just went to their website and yelled at them. Someone I know
> subscribed me to it, intentionally or not, and... it's annoying. Sorry,
> guys. Definitely not advertising for Boxbe -- don't even click their link, I
> don't want to give them traffic. Bastards.
> Update: Wow, they even got into my Facebook account. I'm mildly obsessed
> with infosec, so this kind of freaks me out. Time to change all my
> passwords, and then kill them. Don't click on their stuff, seriously, I
> don't know how they're doing this, but I don't like it.
> Cheers, guys. Let me know if the problem doesn't stop (it should).

Wow, they got into your stuff without you realizing it? That used to
be called a virus.

Parijata Mackey

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Aug 5, 2009, 5:57:17 PM8/5/09
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Evidently, it's now called business... 


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