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2003/6/14-15 [Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:28732 Activity:moderate
6/14    I fill out a lot of forms for sweepstakes/free stuff that basically
        just ask for name, address, email.  Is there any way to partially
        automate this within mozilla?  Preferably it would generate random
        answers to any survey questions and generate a new spamgourmet
        email address.
        \_ good idea... may be you should post this at the mozdev site
           and someone will write it :p
        \_ do you ever win anything?
           \_ I've never won any drawings, but I do get a lot of free stuff.
              I have free subscriptions to Maxim, InfoWeek, Field and Stream
              ect.  Occasionally I get small things like a free Webster
              dictionary and golf balls.  Whatever... free= good.  And I
              really haven't seen much of an increase in spam because of it.
              \_ It's not truly free.  They're getting some info out of you.
                 \_ given that the op is implying that he is providing false
                    data, the companies are really recieving something
                    of negative value in exchanege for their giveaways.
                    of course, the op's time is probably worth way more per
                    hour than the compensation from the giveaways for
                    filling out stupid web forms. It seems to me that both
                    sides are losing.
                    \_ You can't provide all false data and expect to get
                       anything in the mail ;)  Besides, if you look at it
                       that way every time you write to this you're loosing
                       $$ for little gain.  But really, I've got nothing
                       better to do while currently unemployed :)
                       \_ uhm, look for work?
                          \_ Well, I have a job lined up for next month.