Spam

2/29/04

[pabianice]

Since the federal legislation was signed making spamming and spoof address emailing crimes punishable by large fine, my spam email has increased 20%. Has anyone else had the same experience? I use two good spam filters but the stuff keeps coming in carloads.

Let me propose that it be made lawful to flog spammers through the streets. Opinions?

[martin_fierro]

I had that problem a while back.

Keep the faxes and provide what information you can to www.junkfax.org.

Not sure how effective they are, but it's something.

[AgThorn]

White lists, black lists, spam filters ... I think the only solution is to charge everyone a penny to email a message ... I am definitely game, and this removed the whole financial incentive that allows spammers to mail 2-3 million pieces for one possible sale.

It works for bulk mail items to your home address, time to do likewise for email.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Thanks for your tip.

[LowOiL]

There is only one thing to do when you have that much spam. Delete that email address and sign up another one. You have been passed around like a bad cold. I have a new email address for about a year now and surprise surprise, I get no spam. I never use my home address except for family and friends and have my spam address at something.yahoo.com that I use to give when I have to give an address.

One year, no spam. Yahoo

[Eric in the Ozarks]

My activity log reports their number as 10_8360 CH3
Kind of hard to call them back with this...

[Focault's Pendulum]

Quit whining. My penis has increased 1000% and I'm a female!

You're in a rather envious position.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I think the only solution is to charge everyone a penny to email a message...

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But only if the penny goes to the recipient, not a big government bureaucracy!

[general_re]

A Penny Stock sales company has got my fax number.

What's the name of the company?

[null and void]

Now THAT'S scary...

[spodefly]

Get Mailwasher Pro, set up your filters and friends list, and no more spam will ever reach your email client.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Uhhh...yah.

[ysoitanly]

I'm in San Francisco and now I can get married and you won't know WHICH part of the couple I am! (insert evil laugh here)

[BJungNan]

A Penny Stock sales company has got my fax number. I'd like to return the favor but they hide their return number.

How do they say to get in touch with them? If they are selling something, I presume there must be some a way to contact them.

[Blue Screen of Death]

The problem with mailwasher is that most spammers do not have a legit return path address. The bounce does little or no good.

[BJungNan]

I think the only solution is to charge everyone a penny to email a message...

Give something for free and people will spam to it. You are correct, email can no longer be free. My suggestion is give so many emails for free, then charge the penny an email after that. You could make the number 10,000 free in a month. That would shut down most spammers and leave most everyone else with free email.

[null and void]

Even scarier. You're not that far from me! YIKES!!!!

[GreenHornet]

Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam.......

[ysoitanly]

Yet....I love you.

[null and void]

You're doing that on purpose, aren't you?

[ysoitanly]

Yes; I should have a permanent 'sarcasm' tag on all of my posts. ;)