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Re:Some guy emails all of Microsoft and causes email shitstorm by lutusp on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @08:47PM (#5174464)
I can't believe people don't know the many problems created by e-mails with visible (i.e. CC) lists of addresses. Here's my article on this topic:

http://arachnoid.com/opinion/help_the_crooks.html

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Re:Some guy emails all of Microsoft and causes email shitstorm by CurtHagenlocher on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @09:11PM (#5174538)
(It was a broken mailing list, not an explicit list of addresses.)
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Re:Some guy emails all of Microsoft and causes email shitstorm by lutusp on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @02:19AM (#5175299)
Yes -- that would explain why hitting "reply all" was the focus of the controversy.
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