Hello Brien, Tuesday, April 9, 2002, 4:08:23 PM, you wrote:
>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Allie C Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:44 PM >> To: Pietro Iacono on TBUDL >> Subject: Re: "failure notice" >> >> >> >> Isn't one of the basic rules to prevent being spammed is to never >> reply to spam messages or respond to any of those statements about >> unsubscribing from receiving those spam messages? >> >> All the autoresponder will do is tell the spammers that your address >> is valid and they'll happily circulate it. >> >> Either report the spam or just delete them at the server level. >> >> - -- >> Allie C Martin - (List Moderator) >> PGP Key - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=2B0717E2 >> BK> What he is trying to do is send a fake "Bounce" message. I have thought BK> about this, however, for this to work, it must be from a Mail Server and not BK> a Client. The other issue is that most of SPAM has bogus return information BK> in it anyway. You would also have to get your ISP or email provider to BK> relay mail to you. BK> The theory is that if the SPAMMER gets a Undeliverable message back, they BK> will remove your email address from their list thinking it's a BAD email BK> address. BK> I think it would work for some of the SPAMMERS, but not all. I would love BK> to try it though. Download BSM18 from: http:\\ay.home.ml.org. The file is: Bounce Spam Mail. It sends back a message which appears that your address was incorrect. -- Best regards, Peter mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v1.60c on Windows 98 4.10 Build 1998 ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
