Right, but the beauty of this is that you get to determine what is spam and what 
isn't.  For example, I used to get a ton of spam at this one old email address that 
nobody uses anymore, so I simply made an alias on it that bounces the mail.  That 
alone cut down 15% of my spam!

-Russell Draper

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Tom Pepper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 11:59:16 -0600

>We receive very few, if any, spams that have ADV: in them...
>
>Tom
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Russell Draper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:25 AM
>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Spam Mail Bouncer for IMail
>
>
>> Well at least you never see the spam message!  I have not gotten any spam
>since I put it in place on my server.  Why don't you think it will work that
>well?  I also like the ADV in the subject idea, too bad there aren't that
>many states that enforce it yet.
>>
>> -Russell Draper
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: "Dan Frazer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Date:  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:12:15 -0700
>>
>> >Pretty good idea, but I doubt it works all that well. Have there been
>> >any tests in a real world environment? I like the idea that all UCE has
>> >to have ADV in the subject line, wouldn't that be great?
>> >
>> >Frazer
>> >
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Russell Draper
>> >Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:36 AM
>> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Subject: [IMail Forum] Spam Mail Bouncer for IMail
>> >
>> >Why simply delete spam when you can make the sender think the recipient
>> >doesn't exist? By sending a bounce message, the spam sender is more
>> >likely to automatically unsubscribe you! After all, why spam somebody
>> >that doesn't exist?
>> >
>> >Check it out for yourself:
>> >http://imail.smartcherry.com
>> >
>> >
>> >-Russell Draper
>> >http://www.smartcherry.com
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