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From: Jim Dennis <jimd@mistery.mcafee.com>
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Subject: Re: SPAM - Can we make it stop!
To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 18:22:31 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: rich@oester.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, pinoy@thesphere.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