On 7/2/03 10:09 PM, Scott Holder posted: >At 09:36 PM 7/2/2003 +0000, you wrote: >>I always reply to Spam with the 'removal' option, until I get bored. >>Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. > >This is almost singularly a bad idea. All it does is confirm that it's a >live, working address with a human on the other end.
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