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SPAM (an address to rid yourself of it)
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Posted on 12/09/2003 6:03:38 AM PST by FlyLow
This morning E.D. Hill, on Fox & Friends, displayed an eMail address for ridding yourself of eMail.
uce@ftc.gov
You are supposed to be able to FORWARD all "spam" to this address (with headers) and they are going to shut them down. This is part of the Anti-Spam bill passed yeaterday and to be signed by President Bush this week.
I have started forwarding this morning and it seems to go through so far.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: spam
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:03:39 AM PST
by
FlyLow
To: FlyLow
Wow great. I've been forwarding this crap to the FBI for who knows how long... and you can guess how effective they have been with the info.
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:05:21 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(The U.N. is a terrorist organization)
To: FlyLow
I haven't heard about the anti-spam bill. Good news if it works
Prairie
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:05:42 AM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(President George W. Bush....most assuredly, MY President!)
To: FlyLow
Thanks for the Info, will be using it myself.
To: FlyLow
I'd be careful before doing this-- wait until you see something more concrete reported.
However, if that is 'legit', then you would probably need to do more than just forward your spam to them. Most of the time, if you forward a mail from most email programs, it does not include the full internet headers of the original mail. You will want to ensure those are sent as well.
But I think it is unlikely that they want you to bombard this one address with all your spam.
To: William McKinley
I get dozens of Emails for bigger penises, Animal sex, homosexual encouters...."make her scream in bed" stuff.
I don't want the Gov associating my name with this crap.
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:09:19 AM PST
by
Dallas59
To: FlyLow
I forward spam to my congress critter with a note asking 'em to get rid of it....
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:10:47 AM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Dallas59
I get dozens of Emails for bigger penises, Animal sex, homosexual encouters...."make her scream in bed" stuff. I don't want the Gov associating my name with this crap. Too late, everyone knows now....
To: FlyLow
THANKS for the info, FlyLow!
To: Always Right
DOH!
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:15:01 AM PST
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59
I don't want the Gov associating my name with this crap.Not to worry. The government couldn't possibly think any worse of us...we're only citizens.
To: FlyLow
I sure hope you are right! I'm sick of all the sh*t they send me.
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:15:17 AM PST
by
shiva
To: FlyLow
bump
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:15:28 AM PST
by
VOA
To: Dallas59
I get dozens of Emails for bigger penises, Animal sex, homosexual encouters...."make her scream in bed" stuff. I don't want the Gov associating my name with this crap.
Too late. Hillary already has that in your FBI file. Dallas59 = Stud
To: William McKinley
To: Dallas59
"
I don't want the Gov associating my name with this crap."
Oh, no need to worry ....... your confession will self-destruct in the year 2535.
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:18:17 AM PST
by
G.Mason
To: Dallas59
I get dozens of Emails for bigger penisesFunny, I never get those.
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:18:23 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: FlyLow
It's legit. I have been doing this for years. It is more for statistical purposes, to find the very worst offenders. On occasion one gets whacked, but it's not really an antispam address in the sense that people hope it is.
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:18:54 AM PST
by
Gorzaloon
(Contents may have settled during shipping, but this tagline contains the stated product weight.)
To: FlyLow
Many of the anti-spam organizations such as Spam Cop and CAUCE have suggested sending spam to
uce@ftc.gov for years. I have been doing it for at least the last 2 years, but I am not sure it is doing any good.
To: AppyPappy
"They" have found every name at my company. 25,000!
From China to Europe. What's funny is that some in Asia reply, asking what is xanax or how do they get an American high school diploma, with the entire company involved in the reply.
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:22:49 AM PST
by
Dallas59
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