In article <k2Ng4krq474c089yn@clic.net>,
kelias@clic.net (Robert Keith Elias) wrote:
>
> Hi Guys;
>
> This talk of a SPAM filter has got me wondering. I am a VERY religious
> anti-spam complainer. Any SPAM I get that references any other
> internet address (usually an http) I complain about in a (frequently
> successful) attempt to get the site (and any related sites) shut down.
>
> I normally spend between 30-45 minutes per complaint to make sure I've
> got the address of everybody even remotely connected to the site, and
> will occassionally spend a couple of hours doing searches to see if I
> can track down the parent site.
>
> I don't bother with the ones that ask me to send money too a box # in
> Wyoming since there is obviously nothing I can do here (although I
> wonder if the post office has a web site for reporting mail fraud?)
>
>
> Anyway, I now get about 3 SPAMs a week (about 2 a day during the
> holidays). Does anybody here post to USENET from time to time and not
> complain about SPAM. If so, how many SPAMs do you get?
>
> In other words has my utterly insane amount of effort had any effect at
> all?
Hi,
I get about 2-3 spams a week, no more than that usually. I try and
complain about the spam if the spammer comes from the UK, or an UK
address appears in the spam such as in received or the body such as
sites etc, just delete the ones that look as though they have come from
the US or elsewhere though, personally, I don't have much time and so
cannot be bothered by trying to get them shut down. Also, I have a lot
of filtering rules set up in Mercury and if a message looks as if it is
a spam it will bounce.
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Sincerely,
Andrew.
A Borg assimilated me, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
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