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> > > Hi,
> > > Has anyone found a good way to combat email spam?
> > > In the early days receiving a "get rich quick" or a "pyramid scheme"
> > > spam was a bit of a novelty - and sometimes i even read the messages.
> > > However now at least 70% of the mail in my inbox is from spammers!!
> > > I thought isp's were supposed to regulate the net and prevent this
> > > from happening.
> > > Emailing newsmasters and returning the spam no longer seems to have
> > > any effect. One time after crossposting a load of spam back to their
> > > authors one of them even had the cheek to write back complaining.
> > Consider Active vs passive counter-spamming
> > Why do anything manually ? Just feed them junk: it clogs up their
> > databases, bounces like a *** ball, and causes them all sorts of
> > minor nuisances.
> > This is done by faking a bad email return address, and be sure to do
> > so in your signature as well. You might want to explain how to
> > return your address to a correct one in your signature to be sure
> > everybody gets it.
> > Although this defeats the free spirited (i.e. one button) "Reply",
> > this foils the address gatherers. Your manual correspondents, i.e.
> > the actual real people will have to fix up the address, but this
> > is no problem for a human. Since everybody has a slightly different
> > name, it is nearly impossible for spammers to automatically correct.
> > I've seen a quite a few people doing this on sci.astro.amateur.
> > I myself haven't been doing it that long, so I have no real experience,
> > but no spam either.
> > I suspect it will really only prevent "amateur hour" spammers, of
> > which there are many. Somebody who really takes the time to decode
> > the protocol may get your address anyway, but it takes more than
> > casual programming.
> > Good luck,
> > Jaime
> > --
> > Jaime Cordera
> > LogicVision, Inc.
> > jaime AT lvision.com
> Or you could always threaten them with the long-arm of the law. Give
> this a try:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> To Whom It May Concern:
> In accordance with my rights under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
> of 1992 and regulations established pursuant thereto, I hereby advise
> you that I consider your messages an invasion of my privacy and demand
> that all further messages to this e-mail address: "<<insert your e-mail
> address and/or phone number>>," cease immediately. If this request is
> violated, I will file an action in the United States District <<insert
> the name of your local federal district court here>>, pursuant to 47 USC
> Sec. 227 for an injunction against you and your company to include
> damages, which by statute are not to be less than $500.00. Please be
> advised that you and your company are subject to personal jurisdiction
> in the above mentioned court and will be required to appear to defend
> any action taken therein.
> Thank you for your compliance with this request.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> I got this from some guy on another newsgroup (whose name escapes me).
> Have fun and never give up in the "War on Spam."
> --
> San Antonio, Texas Remove "NOSPAM" from the address to reply
I like it. Unfortunately, most of the spam I get doesn't have a valid
return email address. I keep trying to email the 'psycic's back that
they need to fine tune their crystal ball, I sent them a telepathic
measage not to bother me again unless THEY include THEIR credit card
number. If you are using AOL, forward all spam to aol address TOSspam
so they can reduce the spam traffic somewhat.
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Kent
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Neil Pryde & ART
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