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Re: Spamming (Good or Bad?)
Asgaard wrote:
>
> On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
>
> > There are technological fixes which I would favor over attempts to ban
> > unwanted messages.
>
> In the meantime, before these technological fixes are easily implemented,
> what is the proper way to handle unwanted commercial mail?
>
> 1) delete immediately
>
> 2) reply with 'Fuck off, morons!'
>
> 3) as in 2) plus an attachment of some 1Mb file
>
> 4) as in 3) plus a CC to the postmaster of the sending site
>
> What if the spam says: 'Do only reply to this if you want
> further contact with us' etc?
>
> Does anybody have good advice, including risks for retaliation
> from the vendors/postmasters for such 're-spam'?
I always send a quick one liner - "Please send me more information".
Often I'll ask a stupid question too ("Does your software work in
France?"). If more people did this, then they'd have to choose their
victims a bit more carefully in the future (assuming of course they're
trying to sell something).
Gary
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