On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 17:49:15 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >> On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:34:16 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I've forwarded the message to all three abuse contacts. >> > If everyone on this list did the same, it might get at least >> > one open relay plugged. >> <snip> >> I don't think so. If you report your spam to the abuse reporting >> addresses they will confirm your email address and sell it to >> other spammers. > So, if you send a spam complaint to [EMAIL PROTECTED] when > you were spammed from an aol-owned IP address, they'll just > sell your e-mail address to "other spammers?" Damn! No > wonder I get so many viruses sent from aol'ers! AOL has > been selling my address to the clueless! No, the reason why you are getting so many viruses from aol'ers is that aol'ers are clueless. Most of them are either newbies or they are people who continue to use AOL because they just want to use the internet without having to take the time to learn how to be very computer savvy. They don't want to take the time to learn about the advantages of using a real ISP. They like to use AOL because AOL is so easy for a clueless person to auto-install and to set up and to use. If they knew what they were doing their machines would not be getting infected with viruses. >> If a spam qualifies also as a fee-in-advance scam, which this one >> certainly smells like, the US federal government would like you to >> report it to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I don't know what good that >> does, but that is the place where I am sending my spam report. > I believe these types of problems should be solved by peer > pressure and volunteerism. The whole "report suspicious > activity to your government" mentality is just too KGB and > Nazi for me. These types of problems should and ought to to be solved by peer pressure and volunteerism. The problem is that they are not being solved in that way. The only peers that spammers have are fellow spammers and others who can teach them how to make money by doing unethical things. These are not the kind of people who would respond in a positive manner to your advice on how they should try to be nice and behave right. In order to deal with those kinds we have invented government for the purpose of tracking them down and punishing them. Government does not become too KGB and Nazi unless we allow it to resort to abuses, which unfortunately we have, in some aspects. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser: http://browser.arachne.cz/
