Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 18:22:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Dennis <jimd@mistery.mcafee.com> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: rich@oester.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, pinoy@thesphere.com Subject: Re: SPAM - Can we make it stop! Message-ID: <199605240122.SAA13379@mistery.mcafee.com> In-Reply-To: <199605232205.PAA08459@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at May 23, 96 03:05:55 pm
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> > > i think the following was sent to various freebsd list. it is a cute > > and clever spam (or perhaps testing to do spams). > I've gotten this spam as well; however, it was not sent to the list > (until now). Recheck your remailer headers; I think you've confused > it. > > p.s. to spam for the cause of stopping spamming? has it been done before? tis > > the only nobel spam, the one to end all spams. > Instead of fighting spam with spam, just don't buy anything from them, > ever, at any future time. Works for me. Eventually, they won't be > able to make any money from it, and they'll stop (worst case) or go > bankrupt (best case). > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org However I highly recommend lodging your complaint with the spammer, the postmaster of the spammer's domain, and the postmaster, administrative and technical contacts for the the domain's ISP. Unfortunately these companies often don't go out of business, even if all the offended parties boycott them indefinitely. Their spamming is only one of many marketing efforts -- and they'll often never realize how many sales they've lost due to their behavior. Any sales they do make are indications of "success" and no marketer is going to say "our low sales are do to our piss-poor marketing strategy and blatant disregard for the values of our target audience" (well, some might -- but only to oust someone else out of a job). Jim Dennis, System Administrator, McAfee Associates
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