Re: Mail app & the bounce feature

2005-08-06 Thread Joe Armstrong
It's good to use a mac. :) At least you don't have to worry so much that by clicking on a link like that, you're going to have something interesting downloaded and installed without your knowledge and consent. A lot of the "phishing" mail is not just after email accounts (and bank accounts, and p

Re: Mail app & the bounce feature

2005-08-06 Thread Joe Armstrong
One last comment on bouncing spam (from me anyway :) ) Even if you do successfully get a bounce all the way to your friendly local spammer, a bounce from your mailer is easily distinguished from a bounce from your isp ( in most cases ). In other words, it's just a dangerous as trying to unsubscri

Re: Mail app & the bounce feature

2005-08-06 Thread Joe Armstrong
Yeah, Its more than likely :( Any mail list that has a web browser accessible mail archive is likely to be "spidered" for addresses. There are actually automated programs out there that will trawl through a website looking for [EMAIL PROTECTED](.whatever). Regards, Joe On 7/8/05 02:51, "Jim

Re: Mail app & the bounce feature

2005-08-06 Thread Joe Armstrong
ROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Albuquerque, New Mexico > > The land of the wild wild west > > > > On Aug 5, 2005, at 7:06 PM, Joe Armstrong wrote: > >> All (and I do mean all) spam these days fakes the fro

Re: Mail app & the bounce feature

2005-08-06 Thread Joe Armstrong
Hi Jim, Please whatever you do - don't bounce them. Drop them on the floor, put them in a folder you never look at, but don't bounce them. All (and I do mean all) spam these days fakes the from address, so all you do by bouncing spam is annoy the heck out of someone who didn't send it to you in