Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 13:38:21 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
50/day is an awful lot. What have you done to get yourself on so many lists? Have you been sending bogus bounce messages? Have you been clicking on "Remove Me" links? Have you been loading graphics from within your email application? ...those are the three main ways you announce your positive existance to spammers. It promotes you to the .01 list almost immediately!
I do none of those things and I get at least that much SPAM. The only thing I can figure is that I like to use news groups (remember the way to interact before there was a WWW) and I've had the same email address for many years.
I shouldn't have to spoof my address in friendly forums; it's considered rude. And I shouldn't have to put up with SPAM. However, I would hesitate to invoke the government because they are unlikely to do just one thing. If the internet got enough of their attention to pass an anti-SPAM bill, they'd probably follow up with censorship to appease the religious fundies, and then a mushrooming tax burden.
Jeff Walther
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