At 02:14 PM 27-09-01 +0100, you wrote:

> > I wouldn't worry, I'm not getting them either - thankfully.
> > Maybe some kind soul will forward them to us. (JOKE, please don't !)
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>I've tried forwarding them back to NZ but that just gives
>more failures. They are still coming!

PLEASE DON'T DO THAT ANY MORE - you are causing me to get 3000 emails an hour now instead of 1000 per hour that I was getting before.

Please EVERYONE just filter these messages into your trash but don't try to respond to them.

>My ISP has now got on the case as it's started to clog them!

My business DEPENDS on email - what do you think it is doing to me?

>It is about time that we had some proper filtering so that
>this sort of thing can be disabled without having to wait
>for the perpetrator to do something. This is just not
>acceptable.

Unfortunately all that can be done is to ban these idiots who go on holiday without changing their list settings.

fwiw, I have tried:

Telephoning Mr Gupta (an International call) - his support staff don't even know his home phone number!

Telephoning the ISP - also an international call - a freecall number that does not respond.

So I phoned my father in New Zealand and had him call the freecall number locally. (he is also an xtra.co.nz customer). Not much joy there. Their technical people are off-duty.

My son (also in NZ) offered to so and set fire to the xtra.co.nz head office in Auckland. I told him I'd let him know...

This has been an evening of trashed time for me. Please DON'T reply to any of these messages.

Helen

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