Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:10:19 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@highperformance.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User unknown: Lie to Spammers? Message-ID: <p0510122cb89dd174a9b8@[10.0.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202230847350.25286-100000@server.highperformance.n et> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202230847350.25286-100000@server.highperformance.n et>
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At 8:52 AM -0800 2002/02/23, Jason C. Wells wrote: > Is there a way that I can send a 'user unknown message' to a suspected > spammer? Nope. > I am hoping that spammers automagically clean their lists by reading error > messages. Nope. They make damn sure that they never get any bounces (they couldn't afford them if they did), so they will never, ever clean an address off their list. Besides, if they cleaned any addresses off their lists, that would reduce them in size, and the size of their spam lists are the *only* thing that they have to spout off about. > My spam over here is just getting out of hand. I filter it off, but I > would rather not donwload it in the first place. If I can convince > spammers that this address is defunct, maybe I can slow them down. Sorry, guy. Ain't gonna happen. You can install server-side software so that you are more capable of intelligently filtering it before it gets downloaded, but that's about it. -- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Do you hate Microsoft? Do you hate Outlook? Then visit the Anti-Outlook page at <http://www.rodos.net/outlook/>; and see how much fun you can have. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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