Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> These are all good ideas, and all of them have been discussed by
> the anti-spam community. You probably want to get on spam-l
> (via [EMAIL PROTECTED]) and spamtools (via [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> where you will find that multiple approaches to the problem are being
> taken, including:
Thanks Rich.
When I got home last night, I had the classic spam in my mailbox. 3
copies of it, in fact. Just had to share this one . . .
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>Dear Internet User:
>
> To start let me say this, I'm tired of the porn email in my email box and
>all that click here crap. I'm a published author in the United States,
>Germany and Japan. I've spend seven hours or more a day for the last two
>months researching the topic of Spam on the Internet. I've learned a lot
>about SMTP blocking, reporting Spam, and blocking your email account from
>being spammed. In this time I have practiced everything I have learned in
>blocking this crap mail they call professional advertising and in the last
few
>weeks I have not yet received one piece of Spam. I wrote a full report on
>this process I have developed and did some research on how to get this
>information around to the right people. I've contacted many spammers and did
>some price research, what better way to find the Spam haters then to find the
>spammer that is spamming them. I've talked to many well known bulkers as
they
>like to be called and we made the agreement that I will get to advertise to
>there list in return for a profit break. I'm forced to sell my report for
the
>reason to pay the advertising fee and keep me alive but on the bright side
you
>will learn to fight against the horrible porn mail in your email box. Please
>join me in fighting this horrible advertising method that has been on the
>Internet for years. Remember, "Together we stand, divided we fall."
>
>To order my detailed report and provide your help in fighting spam send
$15 to
>the address below and lets all, together, put a stop to spam once and for
all.
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Can you believe this crap? You'd think a published author could spell.
*grin* The guy listed an actual address. The address checks out on
mapquest, but it's clearly a false name. Unfortunately, my favorite
reverse address lookup site is now gone . . . would love the track this
idiot down. (Anyone living in Evansville, Indiana wanna swing by and
say "hi" for me? *grin*)
Thinking about sending him $15.00 in pennies, postage due, just to see
what he's offering and to find out his real name :P
I'd definitely pay $15 to find out how he can 'contact many spammers'
when the rest of the (educated) world can't seem to do it :P
Sad thing is, he'll probably make money off this *sigh*
And, naturally, all three versions came from aol.com addresses. I sent
the nice people at [EMAIL PROTECTED] copies of the 37 spams I received from
aol.com addresses in the past 48 hours and a few thoughts about what
they could do with the printouts. :)
B
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