Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 10:20:48 -0700 From: =?unknown-8bit?Q?S=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE?= <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: E-mail Scam, Addressess being collected of mailing list :: Advice Requested Message-ID: <20030413172048.GD24435@kurdistan.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <3E9971F6.70607@potentialtech.com> References: <20030413114437.GC22242@kurdistan.ath.cx> <20030413115557.GD22242@kurdistan.ath.cx> <20030413115825.GE22242@kurdistan.ath.cx> <20030413120049.GF22242@kurdistan.ath.cx> <3E9971F6.70607@potentialtech.com>
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Hello,
> > What further action can be taken?
>
> There are many things you can do. You may not want to do all of them.
> 1) Install Spamassassin or similar
> 2) Continue to report and complain about junk mail (another good place to go
> is spamcop.net ... makes reporting junkmail very easy)
> 3) Contact your local government representative and complain loudly
> 4) Configure your mail server to use RBL, or sign up with a mail service
> that
> does.
> 5) I had an idea for a "counter-scam" where I would get an email address for
> my underage nephew. I would set up his signature to clearly announce his
> status as being underage ("I'm only 14 and I love FreeBSD" or something)
> and assist him in posting to mailing lists. Then I'd wait for some porn
> site to spam him and sue them for everything I could get. Any lawyers
> out there that think this would work?
>
> > All advice is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
>
> I hope what I said is helpful.
Yes, very much so. I greatly appreciate your advice and experience;
I will be following up on the next number of actions, thank you ;)
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