On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:34:16 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've forwarded the message to all three abuse contacts. > > If everyone on this list did the same, it might get at least > > one open relay plugged. > > <snip> > > I don't think so. If you report your spam to the abuse reporting > addresses they will confirm your email address and sell it to > other spammers.
So, if you send a spam complaint to [EMAIL PROTECTED] when you were spammed from an aol-owned IP address, they'll just sell your e-mail address to "other spammers?" Damn! No wonder I get so many viruses sent from aol'ers! AOL has been selling my address to the clueless! > If a spam qualifies also as a fee-in-advance scam, which this one > certainly smells like, the US federal government would like you to > report it to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I don't know what good that > does, but that is the place where I am sending my spam report. I believe these types of problems should be solved by peer pressure and volunteerism. The whole "report suspicious activity to your government" mentality is just too KGB and Nazi for me. -- Steve Ackman http://twoloonscoffee.com (Need green beans?) http://twovoyagers.com (glass, linux & other stuff)
