At Mon, 10 Feb 2003 01:55:38, Mary wrote: >At 9:22 PM -0800 2/9/03, Dennis B. Swaney wrote:
>>[...] Of course if Eudora adds a >>bounce feature, then I'll stay with it forever. >I'd like to comment on that by quoting something that I saved off the Eudora list, posted >by one of the list's most knowledgeable members. (Bruce Giles) >[start] >Some mail programs (Apple Mail, for instance) do include this capability, >[bouncing] but I wouldn't normally recommend using it. Here's why: > >1. Most spammers don't care whether you exist or not. They're not spending > hours every day carefully maintaining their e-mail database Actually, at least some do. See this story on spam: <http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/29289.html> "iomart (unsurprisingly) concludes spammers use hidden tracking codes to target further assaults. For a third trial period, spam email was bounced. Predictably, based on iomart's earlier findings, there was a marked drop in the number of spam emails being received. The decrease in spam emails started almost immediately, and after about two weeks the volume being received had decreased by about 40 per cent." So bouncing spam DOES reduce your subsequent spam. But more important is to use a mail client that lets you view HTML emails WITHOUT pulling in any external images or the like referenced in it, as this is what validates your address to the spammers . -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
