[CLUE-Talk] Spam question

[Matt Gushee]

On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 07:53:56PM -0600, Dave Hahn wrote:

> As to whether or not your ISP is to blame, it depends.  There are a few
> problems an ISP faces when deciding how far to go to block spam.

Hmm, good points. If only it weren't so complex! Maybe it's time I learned
how to use procmail.

> Viagra replacement that gets you free satellite television, a dozen X10
> cameras and dates with incredibly hot women that want to date men that
> received our free penile enhancement during the valentine day season as a
> result of punching the monkey and winning $50,987 dollars from Bill Gates by
> forwarding an e-mail that was tracked by AOL and crafted by CNN.'  Of course
> the $50K was pocket change because they've all been working from home 2
> hours a week and making $10,000 a minute.

:-) Just as an aside: a lot of people seem to complain first and loudest
about the porn messages, but they actually don't bug me so much. That's
because they seem to actually notice that I don't respond*; I very seldom
get repeats from them. The ones that really piss me off--the ones I'd ask
"which part of 'no' don't you understand?" if I could confront them--are
the investment scam/credit card people. They just keep sending their crap
day after day after day.

* Besides, it's nice to think there are still hot babes who want to meet
  me ;-)
-- 
Matt Gushee
Englewood, Colorado, USA
mgushee at havenrock.com
http://www.havenrock.com/