I am as amused by antispam efforts as anyone, but can we stay on list topic?
George William Herbert Sent from my iPhone On Jun 13, 2012, at 19:39, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:01 PM, Joe Greco <jgr...@ns.sol.net> wrote: > >>> A trick to do on mail (USPS) spammers is take the prepaid mailing = >>> envelope they often include and tape it to a brick wrapped in brown = >>> paper and drop it off at the post office. They have to pay the shipping. = >>> If enough people do it, they go out of business. >> >> That's simply false; local postmasters have had the discretion to discard >> your bricks for years, AND THEY DO. >> > > Yes... Bricks don't work any more. You have to get more creative. > > http://www.dogdoo.com offers a selection of products ideally suited for this > purpose. > >>> In this case, do anything you can to waste his time and resources. Call = >>> up and act interested in his services and have them go through their = >>> sales pitch as many times as you can. Ask for them to mail you = >>> literature. Have them write up proposals and quotes. Then when the last = >>> step left is to actually commit to their service tell them you were just = >>> pulling their chain, and why. If you eat up enough of their time they = >>> end up attending to too few real paying customers and they go out of = >>> business. >> >> But that, on the other hand ... >> > > Not mutually exclusive. > > Owen > >