# Funny Fuel: I've got another word starting with 'F' for you...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fuel-ive-got-another-word-starting-with-f-for-you/90099>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 28, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fuel-ive-got-another-word-starting-with-f-for-you/90099 "2001-10-28T14:39:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fuel-ive-got-another-word-starting-with-f-for-you/90099/1 "2001-10-28T14:39:48Z")

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For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been receiving – unsollicitedly, needless to say – this lame-ass ‘newsletter’ where you’ll find a great joke for every occasion:rolleyes:. I’ve been desperately trying to unsubscribe to it, to no avail. This company, ever so sollicitous, gives you the possibility, by clicking on a link, to send it a message ‘if you’ve had problems unsubscribing’ (the answer is: Yes, I have; ever since I got your first (UNSOLLICITED) newsletter, in fact!). They even include a semicolon at the end of the reply address, which of course screws things up (I got the usual message: “The message could not be sent because one of the recipients was rejected by the server”). So, I sent another message, without the offending semicolon this time. SAME RESULT! And there’s no other way of getting in touch with the little F…

I could of course take the one second needed to delete the e-mail each and every day, but I’ll admit I’m getting a little frustrated (not to mention pissed).

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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fuel-ive-got-another-word-starting-with-f-for-you/90099/2 "2001-10-28T15:15:21Z")

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Well, you’re probably lucky that the response didn’t work. These are usually email harvesters - replying back indicates that your email is good. Which they then sell to other spammers.

You could try complaining to their isp, or you can just set up a filter to trash the message every time it comes through.

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**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-fuel-ive-got-another-word-starting-with-f-for-you/90099/3 "2001-10-28T15:31:54Z")

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I’d never done it before with Outlook Express. Consider it blocked:). Hopefully, it’ll work. BTW, how do you go about finding their ISPs (just in case…)?

Just out of curiosity, I clicked on one of their multiple choices (you know…for multiple occasions!) You’ll be happy to know that the site also has cascades of pop-ups (which I also adore). Another redeeming feature:rolleyes:… Let’s hope I’ve heard the last of them.