Re: Spam retribution



Joe Soap wrote:
I have decided to begin putting the email addresses of outfits that spam me on Usenet, in the hope that they will be harvested by other spammers and they get some of their own medicine.

Others feel free to join in and fight back.

Hers are some for starters:

info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
grovefiled@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
info@xxxxxxxxxxx
sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

And how many of those do you think are genuine spammer addresses and how many addresses hijacked by the spammers? Its also a misuse of Usenet. If you want to do something useful about spam join Spamcop or similar.


--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right."
- Lord Hailsham
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