From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 11 06:38:00 2005 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 9A10616A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 06:38:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 459C743D2F for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 06:38:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j2B6c0b71137; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:38:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Kirk Strauser" , Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:37:52 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <200503101341.49900.kirk@strauser.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: how to deal with spam for good? 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: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 06:38:00 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kirk Strauser > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:42 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: how to deal with spam for good? > > You know, I'm no longer sure that's true. I think that spam > will stick > around as long as stupid business owners continue to get suckered into > thinking that it's a legitimate means of marketing. One of my > associate's > customers (a brick and mortar store) was being sweet-talked by > a spammer > into sending a series of broadcasts. In this situation, the > spammer would > profit off the ignorance of that *business owner*. Even if > 100% of the > messages were blocked, he'd still get his pay for performing > the "service". Didn't anyone tell your associate's customers that spamming is now a felony? And, even if they hire a spammer to do it for them, the law still prosecutes them for the spamming? Ted