Running a website, I receive daily mail from strangers all over the world… unfortunately having my address posted on the website, means that I also receive spam daily (though now have a very good spaminator).
Yesterday I received a mail from the webmaster@oldstonechurchonline.org the subject of the mail was “RE: god blessed kids”.
The entire mail containted nothing but links to porn - and that too, child porn…
While I was trifle irritated with myself for not recognising it as spam (big clue - a RE in the subject line, when you haven’t sent a mail to that person/org), it really got to me that these people were using a holy sounding email address & targetting people like me (though frankly am not sure how many million others may have recd this mail)…
I decided rather than checking out the porn links, to check out the website & it was REAL…
http://www.oldstonechurchonline.org is an actual church that is in NJ. I was further appalled… imagine - someone can now use your website url as a base to send porn links to others…
I wrote to the church’s real web admin (& copied it to the office) & the Pastor of the Church immediately wrote back to tell me that they were taking the necessary police action.
All’s well that end’s well?
Unfortunately not.
Who’s to know how many sick ppl are still using holy sound addresses (like in this case, from actual websites) to further their ulterior (& evil!) motives….?
And is there a permanent solution to this problem of receiving unsolicited porn into our homes?
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March 26th, 2005 at 9:55 am
Forgive them, for they do not know what they do… actually maaro saalon ko, for I am sure they know…
Hey, this template is nice too.. I kinda got used to the old one. Stick with this for a while then.
And Happy Holi and a Happy Easter to you
March 26th, 2005 at 10:09 am
Not really. Junk, spam and porn will always be sent.
Programs are made to filter porn and programs are made to send it and so filters are improved and the process continues.
March 26th, 2005 at 12:12 pm
Feel exactly like you do (in both respects!)…
Thx.. glad you like the template - my own design
Will stick with this for a bit as you say.
And a very happy Holi & Easter to you too!
March 26th, 2005 at 12:13 pm
Guess you’re right… too bad though. Like the Japs say “there must be a better way”….
March 26th, 2005 at 3:05 pm
Hey… new smilies… yahoo wallas… i like!
March 26th, 2005 at 3:59 pm
April 4th, 2005 at 7:50 pm
Those sure must be some sick people!
But I must say…..it was really great ..the initiative you took!
Way to go gal!
April 14th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
But for now, let’s hope the police get these dudes.