Greg, please re-read your email/this thread. There is/was/isn't anything about replying to a SPAM message. At what point do you see any sort of items regarding a reply to a Spam email? sorry for the static, just wanted this to be clear.... Martin hit it on the head, just use a/your larger providers SMTP as a forwarder. no fix, but a way around fer now. Cheers -Joe
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: Re: Spam handling > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gregh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:06 PM > Subject: Re: Spam handling > > > > Gregh writes on 4/29/2004 9:27 AM: > > > > > A guide to how to be spammed. > > > > > > 1) Click on most spam emails to let them know your address is to be > spammed. > > > > > > 2) Failing that in 1, click on a "remove me" so they know you are still > > > around. > > > > Folks, you are missing something here. He was trying to write to SBC at > > an address they asked him to write to, and that address bounced when he > > emailed it. > > > > He's not doing what you think he's doing. > > > > With all respect, he has replied to a remove me. Then he is saying the > address doesn't exist. I send messages back, routinely, from this address as > if my ISP's own mailer daemon had sent them. The address he emailed may WELL > exist but it is set up to respond with a standard "User not known" style > reply. > > I wasn't missing anything. What he was missing is as I said before and the > above paragraph. The remove me address may exist and all email to it may be > kept and read by a spam engine and the FROM address added to the spammer's > database BUT the spam engine is set up to send "User Unknown" replies back > to everyone. Easy to do with a simple program most people could write. Even > Macafee have worked out how to do this. > > Greg.
