I hate to admit it, but I don’t know who sent it to me. But then there’s nothing in it to really tell me who it’s from, anyway. I’ve never sent anything to that address before, the domain is a web-based e-mail service, and the user name could be anybody.
I sent back a reply asking for a hint, but no answer yet.
So I’ve had a few days to stew over this. First, could this be a clever ploy to get me to send a response? (Heaven help us if spammers get that clever.) Secondly, if it’s someone from the boards could you just tell me, please.
No, no “69” in the handle. I’m almost sure I would have noticed that. (I know a guy at work who’s mother was going to use “69” in her handle (she was 69 years old). He had to convince her not to, but he couldn’t bring himself to tell her exactly why, either.)
As for getting my address, well, wouldn’t they have needed that to send me the original message? I guess the reply does tell them that it’s a valid address, and read by an actual person. Oh well, I’ve been pretty free of spam up 'til now, so I’ll see if it starts going up. And if anyone else gets a message like this, let me know.
I had that happen to me once. Someone who supposedly knew me from high school sent me an e-mail saying they remembered me, and this started a very interesting e-mail relationship. I have since stopped writing after this person (whose gender was not identified, either) refused to give me even the slightest hint as to who they were. It was interesting, to say the least.
Oh well. Good luck to you on finding the identity.
“So, Ma, now that you’ve, uh, had another birthday–hey, the big seven-oh! the big three-score and ten! Congrats, Ma!–Anyway, I guess you’ll be wanting to change that old e-mail addy of yours. Here, let me show you how… Plus, you know, all those shocking and scandalous e-mails you’ve been getting about, um, S-E-X and stuff? Uh, regularly changing your e-mail address can cut down on that.”
