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echo: diabetes
to: ALL
from: Ted Rosenberg
date: 2001-06-17 00:24:23
subject: Re: I`m a college student...

Now, we have a CROSSPOST (strike 1)
with an AOL address, (Strike 2)
AND claims that she is a college student
AND claims that, while all students at her putative alma mater get email
addresses, SHE doesn't (strike 3)
Who is soliciting personal information 

thinks WE are being paranoid

well, she sure isn't a psychology student

Jaynee wrote:
> 
> It must be sad to be so paranoid. I feel sorry for you. You could have
> ignored the post competely, but if you really felt you were being spammed,
> the best defense is ignoring the spammer. I'm sure you know that as well as
> I do. There is a delete and a block sender button. I suggest you learn how
> to use it.
> 
> Jaynee
> 
> "Mack"  wrote in message
> news:n1inito5od89hpo1shqpllfbr7lef3ktbf@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 20:53:48 GMT, "Jaynee" 
> > wrote:
> >
> > >    You don't have to help out. I am a non-diabetic who, because of my
> > >husband's diabetes and multiple complications, has taken on Diabetes as
> my
> > >research focus in getting my BA and Master's degree. I have submitted one
> of
> > >my papers to University of Minnesota's Diabetes Institute for Immunology
> and
> > >Transplantation for publication. If my research helps out one person, it
> > >will be well worth it. Your harrassment is unreasonable. I never
> attempted
> > >to force anyone to do anything. I asked if anyone would be interested.
> > >That's all!
> > >
> > >    My husband has been diabetic since age 5. By the age of 27, he had
> over
> > >25 laser coagulation surgeries for diabetic retinpathy and 2
> vitrectomies.
> > >He had a kidney transplant (living donor from his father) in July
> > >1991because of diabetic nephroplasty. He had a heart attack in July 1995
> and
> > >was diagnosed with Coronary Artery Disease as a result of his diabetes.
> He
> > >has had numerous stress fractures presumably as a result of the steroids
> > >that he is on post kidney transplant. Last July, Paul had a pancreas
> > >transplant and is at last free from hypoglycemia and elevated blood
> sugars.
> > >He feels great and would do it again in a heartbeat.
> > >
> > >I thought that this group would be warm and welcoming. Obiously, I was
> > >wrong. Sorry if I disturbed you. I will bow out now, and not contact
> anyone
> > >unless I am contacted first.
> >
> >
> > you asked people to participate in a study, of which many spammers ask
> > the same.  One way we know we are not dealing with another spammer is
> > that they have a ligit school address and or webpage, both of which
> > your school provides for free to it's students.
> >
> > If you are who you say you are and yo are doing what you say you are
> > doing, then get on the ball and contact the school and set things up
> > correctly.  That way we can at least verify for ourselves that you are
> > ligit.
> >
> > What makes you even more suspicious at this point is that you say that
> > these services are not provided when by simply typing find and the
> > name of your university we get the home page for the school and in
> > less than 3 clicks from there we have the form on our screens for a
> > student to submit to get a free email adress and webspace.
> >
> > Do yourself and any students you know who solicit for help on the net
> > a favor and learn how to do this in a way that does not set off
> > everyone's scam alerts.  It is common practice for certain spammers
> > and low lifes to claim to be students in an attempt top gather
> > personal information on people especially on women and children.  If
> > you were not aware of this, you are now.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Derek
> > Type 1 since 1975
> > Minimed 508 Insulin Pump
> > http://www.diabeticnet.com
> > http://sweetblood.org
> > http://www.insulin-pumpers.org

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