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RE: lynx-dev lynx: are you getting spam like this one?:

From: David Hardy
Subject: RE: lynx-dev lynx: are you getting spam like this one?:
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:02:47 +0100 
On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, David Combs <address@hidden> wrote:

> What is this?  In the last few days, I've gotten
> several spams that display with all this html showing.
> 
> Are you getting this crap too (not that "properly displaying"
> spam is any fun).
> 
> (I just note the "To:" is wrong too!)

[snip]

> <HTML><PRE><BODY BGCOLOR="#80ffff"></P><P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#000040" 
> SIZE=4>
> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#400040" SIZE=4>       If this message is of no interest 
> to you, please accept our apologies and simply delete it.
> <FONT COLOR="#400040" SIZE=3>
> </P><P ALIGN=LEFT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3>
> </P><P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#0000a0" SIZE=5><B>You <U>CAN</U></B> 
> <B>purchase your first home or 
> 
> investment property, using little or none of 
> 
> your own money, regardless of your credit

[snip]

My guess is that the sender is using something like Microsoft Outlook which,
I'm given to understand, can send using plain text, HTML or its own special
format (or a combination of these). Usually, though, it includes MIME headers.

David

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