[CLUE-Talk] Spam question

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Matt Gushee wrote:

> 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.

Procmail's a good thing. :) Check out Vipul's Razor as well.

> :-) 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.

That's probably because there's no way of knowing whether the recipient
is you or a seven-year-old with their own email address. Some of the
porn spam I've gotten would make Bob Guccione blush...not something
I'd want kids to see.

Frankly, it all pisses me off. If I had the opportunity to confront one...
well, I'd probably need bail and a good lawyer...

Take care,

Zonker
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