Re: Spam

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

At 1/2/01 02:00 PM -0500, you wrote:
>Have you been getting a lot of spam lately ? My volume seems to have REALLY
>picked up... And I was reading in one of the PC rags in the last month 
>that many
>time you are better off just IGNORING the spam (as you seem to be) rather than
>responding to any "take me off" link, because the low lifes use THAT to 
>validate
>your email address !


  I have been getting a lot of spam the last couple of months.  I came 
across this site: http://spamcop.net/.  You sign up (it's free), providing 
them w/ a valid email address (use one of your "freebie" accounts.)  They 
will send you confirmations to this address.  I have received confirmations 
from ISPs that a particular spammer's account has been terminated.  I at 
least feel like I'm fighting back!

  -mark

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