Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 08:30:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Obi Wan Oblivion <vdk@logrus.mv.com> To: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SPAM target - enough already! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970502082054.355A-100000@logrus.mv.com> In-Reply-To: <3369CE99.41C67EA6@aristar.com>
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So we have passed the name of this organization around on this list at least two dozen times. We have sent at least twice that many messages about this spammer on this list. Boy, if they wanted exposure they sure as heck got it. Of course, we've probably wasted ten times more bandwidth complaining about the spammer than those first few messages used, but hey, at least we're showing em! =) I have a simple, but functional form letter that I send in response to any unsolicited junk email. FOLLOWS: --------------- To Whom It May Concern: I did not request any information about your products or services. I have not, in the past nor will I in the future, purchased any goods or services from your organization. The email message you sent to me, or to a mailing list that I subscribed to, was unsolicited. Please take my email address and any addresses pointing to users at "myhost.myisp.com" or any host or user within the "mydomain.com" domain off of your mailing list or lists. I have included the message that you sent to me for your reference. Thank you. ---------------- I usually send this to the spammer and root/postmaster/operator of the spammer's host. It isn't Pulitzer stuff, but it appears to work. Incidently, I've heard rumors of a law being drafted against unsolicited email, much like many states now have against unsolicited faxes. Perhaps the first good peice of cyber-legislation to be considered by the US. Cheers! ---------------------------------------------- And now, a random sampling from Fortune Cookie ---------------------------------------------- WE'RE GOING TO THROW THE MX AWAY AFTER WE BUILD IT. The MX is really [Don't tell anybody!] just a "bargaining chip" in the nuclear-arms- reduction talks with the Russians. See, we have a problem with the Russians. They look at our leaders and they see, for example, George Bush, who is really a fine and brave man but who happens to have this unfortunate physical characteristic whereby when he talks he sounds as though he just inhaled a helium party balloon. If he ever becomes President, the Russians will deliberately create nuclear crises just so they can gather around the Hot Line with refreshments and listen to George talk. -- Dave Barry, "At Last, the Ultimate Deterrent Against Political Fallout"
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