From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 13 10:20:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3352F37B404 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 10:20:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kurdistan.ath.cx (adsl-64-169-155-173.dsl.chic01.pacbell.net [64.169.155.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 270ED43FBF for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 10:20:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx) Received: from kurdistan.ath.cx (ns1 [127.0.0.1]) by kurdistan.ath.cx (8.12.8/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3DHKm04030605 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 10:20:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx) Received: (from sereciya@localhost) by kurdistan.ath.cx (8.12.8/8.12.6/Submit) id h3DHKm7t030604 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 10:20:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 10:20:48 -0700 From: =?unknown-8bit?Q?S=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE?= To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030413172048.GD24435@kurdistan.ath.cx> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <3E9971F6.70607@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: Re: E-mail Scam, Addressess being collected of mailing list :: Advice Requested X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 17:20:49 -0000 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 ;) -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Welat xwe ava nake, dest bidin hevdu, pist nedin tu dijminî | | Riya azadiyê ne hêsan e, hêviya xwe bernedin, dema me | | nêzîk e. | | | | Hevaltî bi kesên du rû nekin, hevaltî bi hevdu ra bikin | | Ne ji hevaltiya wan kesên pêxwas û rû dirêj, ne bi wan | | kesên xwînperest, ne jî ji yên din. | | | | -$êrêciya Kurdistanî | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ translation provided on request: sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx