Re: Spam

[Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I've read about them Mark and probably should go ahead and do that ! IT really 
does
seem to be getting worse and from what I've read in the last week, some of the 
BIG
ISP are as guilty as sin for allowing this to go on !!

Chuck

"M. Lazarus" wrote:

> 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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