24 Apr
1998
24 Apr
'98
9:34 a.m.
On Apr 24, 15:38, Hotze wrote:
This is very off topic, but anyway: Write a letter to
the government.
Writing to *my* government isn't likely to do much good against most spam,
which tends to originate from US sites. All the UK ISPs I know of have an
anti-spam policy anyway.
Reply to the spammers,
Not often a good idea, since the consensus seems to be that responses
merely confirm that the address they used is (still) valid.
I hadn't thought about the free email account idea, but I'm not sure I want
yet another account.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
24 Apr
24 Apr
2:53 p.m.
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On Apr 24, 15:38, Hotze wrote:
True! However, in some cases e-mail with a copy of the spam or UCE to
the postmaster of the ISP has been productive. In the case of known spam
centers though, it is likely a BIG mistake.
- don
This is very off topic, but anyway: Write a
letter to the government.
Writing to *my* government isn't likely to do much good against most spam,
which tends to originate from US sites. All the UK ISPs I know of have an
anti-spam policy anyway.
Reply to the spammers,
Not often a good idea, since the consensus seems to be that responses
merely confirm that the address they used is (still) valid. I hadn't thought about the free email account
idea, but I'm not sure I want
yet another account.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
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5:09 p.m.
At 11:53 24-04-98 -0700, Don Maslin wrote:
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Pete Turnbull wrote:
Yeah, Don, I think you're right. I've been infuriated enough at spammers to
think of such things plus mail-bombing, etc. But the discussion in the
following URL shows us if we privately vent our rage at the more
sophisticated spam centers it really could be a mistake.
Take a look at http://www.sputum.com/sputools.html . Read the text on the
main page you'll first see in this URL. This outfit has obviously done
quite a study on spamming and offers rather realistic advice as to handling
certain types of spammers. Offers some s/w to help deal with them too if
one is inclined to go that far.
Look at the picture at the top of their page above the text which shows a
can of a certain thing which was cutoff from a spammer. Serving suggestion
shows it on a silver tray. Isn't that a hoot!
By the way, I got spammed heavily when I first started partaking in usenet
discussions. I got nailed with literally dozens of spam trash each of the
next several days. I soon learned that by setting my 'from:' and 'reply to:
' fields to c_fandt(a)serv_tech.com would fairly quickly stop the trash
haul. Thank heaven it seems most if not all spammers do not troll the
Internet for email addresses in SMTP-carried messages like this one.
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31 Houston Avenue, WE Phone: +716-488-1722 -Home
Jamestown, New York +716-661-1832 -Office
14701-2627 USA Fax: +716-661-1888 -Office fax
email: cfandt(a)servtech.com
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/
On Apr 24, 15:38, Hotze wrote:
True! However, in some cases e-mail with a copy of the spam or UCE to
the postmaster of the ISP has been productive. In the case of known spam
centers though, it is likely a BIG mistake.
- don This is very off topic, but anyway: Write a
letter to the government.
Writing to *my* government isn't likely to do much good against most spam,
which tends to originate from US sites. All the UK ISPs I know of have an
anti-spam policy anyway.
Reply to the spammers,
Not often a good idea, since the consensus seems to be that responses
merely confirm that the address they used is (still) valid.
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