On 7/12/02 at 9:40 am, Bob Croxford wrote: > As the list seem such experts at spam I'd like to know what your > attitude is to misdirected mail. On my main business email account at > www.atmosphere.co.uk I am getting increasing amounts of email which > isn't spam but is not for me or my business.
Bob, is there any way you can figure out why you're getting it by looking at it? Is the address it's sent to your address? Is there anything in the CC or BCC fields and can you tell anything by looking at the headers? > Up to now I have been sending it back with a note that it is the > wrong address. This is now taking too much time each morning. If I > simply block it or delete it would this be considered unfriendly and > open me to retaliation? If they're sending you large attachments, I'd think it was for *them* to worry about retaliation from *you*. It's decent of you to tell them about it; do they ever reply? If not, I'd be inclined to send one last warning that tells them that there won't be any more reminders, and then junk it. Or report it to SpamCop. If you don't know the people and you didn't ask for it, I think that falls within the definition of spam. -- best wishes Paul http://www.paulbradforth.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
