Re: Spam alert for Informix people

Daniel Wright wrote: > > I just received 17 copies of the same e-mail from a recruiter for an > Informix DBA position (This is a record for me). > I assume it was a result of posting to this newsgroup and wondered > if I was not alone in these multiple copies. Dan, you are not alone. I also received 17 copies. I am not going to diagnose PG's problem but it's unlikely you and I both have exactly 17 posts on C.D.I. > Also, if you were victim of this spam, please don't respond, or only > respond to say you would never work with anyone who spammed! I tend to be a trifle more forgiving, since it really looks like a loop gone mad. > Also, if I were looking to hire someone, I would hope a recruiter > would be able to do better than to mass e-mail anyone who ever > mentioned Informix in a newsgroup, or whoever read a web page about > Informix, wouldn't you? After all, that is simple enough to do > without paying recruiters fees, and it can only serve to turn good > people off. HMm... Now all we need to do is find out who hired this guy and tell them how unprofessional the whole slot looks. I don't think it's worth the trouble. I dropped him a line about how suspicious it looks to me and trashed his 17 mail items. > -- > - Danny Wright > danwright@bigfoot.com > #include <stddisclaimers.h> > Idiot, n.: > A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human > affairs has always been dominant and controlling. > - Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" Mr. Bierce did not yet anticipate the dominance of this tribe on whatever highway you happen to be on. -- -- Jake (In pursuit of undomesticated semi-aquatic avians) +---------------------------------------------------------------+ |Insofar as manifestations of functional deficiencies are agreed| |by any and all concerned parties to be imperceivable, and are | |so stipulated, it is incumbent upon said heretofore mentioned | |parties to exercise the deferment of otherwise pertinent | |maintenance procedures. | +--------------------------------------- (www.hardyharhar.com) -+