From af-list@wfi-inc.com Fri Feb 11 21:02:53 2000
From: af-list@wfi-inc.com
To: test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org
Subject: how do I decode 157.55.85.212 to a url?
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:02:53 +0000
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In my experience, the best course of action is simply to filter it out.
Responses do indeed verify that your address is valid; I once made the
mistake of doing just that, and it took about a week before I was getting
10x the amount of spam I had been previously.

The best proactive method of dealing with it is to report the forward the
message, with all the headers, to either spam(a)originatingdomain.com or
abuse(a)originatingdomain.com. I have to admit that I'm usually too lazy to
do this; the spam filters on the company's mail server do a good enough
job that I might get 2-3 spam messages per day at the most (as compared to
10-15 on my old earthlink account).

Cheers,

Aaron

On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Allison J Parent wrote:

> 
> Thanks everyone.
> 
> I'm getting spammed and it's apparently from the opt-in thing that I'd 
> never opt-into!
> 
> Any solid suggestion how to shut this down.  I firmly believe the "remove"
> in these is fake or worse address validation.  I wonder if the whole
> remove this is bogus.
> 
> Allison
> 
> For example...
> ***************************************************************************
> You received this copy as a subscriber to our opt-in email list.
> If you no longer wish to receive solicitations simply unsubscribe by
> clicking here: http://www.postmasternetwork.net/remove
> <a href="http://www.postmasternetwork.net/remove">Unsubscribe</a>
> ............................................................................
> 
> That's right.  
> 
> This week more.com is offering a 6-pack of Ultra Slim Fast for $1 and
> our ever-popular $1 mystery item. 
> 
> ****************************************************************************
> 

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