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Re: Well this gives a new meaning to Spam...
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 20:39:26 GMT
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mattdm@mattdmAVOIDSPAM.org
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David Eaton <wpieaton@wpi.edu> wrote:
account (they're free) that you'll and never use to actually check mail, and
email them like crazy! Set up batch jobs that run every 8 seconds mailing them!
I'm sure they'll love it, since they've proven that people hate banners but

That's probably not a good response. It just adds to the problem, and
irritates the admins of both your site and theirs. Instead, examine the
headers carefully and e-mail the abuse addresses at all of the sites
involved, including the headers of the spam. Spam is against the policies of
most ISPs, and they're very likely to do something about it.


<URL:http://zikzak.zikzak.net/~acb/features/anti-spam-howto.html>
<URL:http://www.cauce.org/>

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Matthew Miller                      --->                  mattdm@mattdm.org
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  Re: Well this gives a new meaning to Spam...
 
(...) Oh, didn't mean for it to be taken seriously... more of those 'wouldn't it be funny if...' things... people getting their just desserts, etc. I don't really think it'd be particularly a nice thing to do.. I just would find it mildly amusing... (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Well this gives a new meaning to Spam...
 
(...) A letter? Snail mail? Nah! That costs US money! If they think people love getting email so much, they must love it too! So everybody: get a hotmail account (they're free) that you'll and never use to actually check mail, and email them like (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

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