On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 08:08:44AM -0500, AltGrendel wrote: > On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 20:45, Dan Wilder wrote: > > > > > The reasons I would never in a million years set up such an > > autoresponder are: > > > > * It only increases the burden on the Internet and on one's own > > mail servers, attempting to send mail which will in most cases > > simply time out due to unreachable recipients. > > > > * It spams innocent victims whose addresses have been forged > > by the spammers. > > > > * Most people I know simply discard such mail. I sure do. > >
> There is also the theory (or fact) that it confirms an active email > address/domain for the spammer. Another good reason never to make an autoreply to spam. When none of my three reasons apply, this one may. -- Dan Wilder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
