[p2p-research] Welcome to the koqgx group (type of email mailng list spam?)

[Michel Bauwens]

ok, thanks sam, if you ever find an article on this, I'd be interested,

Michel

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's typical in yahoogroups. Lots of mechanized signups. Sometimes
> happens on google groups too. The best that you can do from what I
> understand is to unsubscribe.
>
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Sam,
> >
> > perhaps you know more about this, I'm getting several those per week, I
> used
> > to unsub, but I failed to do one, and nothing happened anyway, these
> groups
> > are empthy and seemed to be closed down,
> >
> > but does anyone know the context?
> >
> > has anyone else experienced such invitations?
> >
> > Michel
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: koqgx Moderator <koqgx-owner at yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 9:34 AM
> > Subject: Welcome to the koqgx group
> > To: michelsub2004 at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
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