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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!nntp-xfer-1.csn.net!news-2.csn.net!usenet From: felbel@csn.net (Fred Elbel) Newsgroups: comp.databases.ms-access,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.software-eng,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.portables,comp.sys.mac.system,co mp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,control,misc.consumers.frugal-living,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.misc,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.software,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.systems Subject: Re: Proper Spam Protocol (was Re: $$$ Make 20,000 ...) Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 15:48:33 GMT Organization: SuperNet Inc. +1.303.296.8202 Denver Colorado Lines: 31 Message-ID: <32173525.3956522@news-2.csn.net> References: <4tpido$fif@news.nstn.ca> <4tqujk$1a0_002@bryonip.iglobal.net> <32077452.1F37@nando.net> <ballabio-0708960123520001@nntp.tsl.uu.se> <32166dc3.0@superego.idcomm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.169.41.3 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99e/16.227 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.databases.ms-access:94134 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:91710 comp.lang.c++:180207 comp.lang.java:74617 comp.lang.perl.misc:37124 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:176600 comp.software-eng:41926 comp.sys.amiga.games:99948 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action:161164 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure:116223 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim:124862 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg:99542 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic:170905 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:69920 comp.sys.laptops:75354 comp.sys.mac.a pps:157560 comp.sys.mac.comm:162965 comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc:43652 comp.sys.mac.misc:133884 comp.sys.mac.portables:62050 comp.sys.mac.system:170137 comp.unix.aix:82977 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25644 control:1354126 misc.consumers.frugal-living:19696 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.misc:31330 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards:28606 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables:21310 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.software:28346 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.systems:19145 >>In article <32077452.1F37@nando.net>, Eric Webb <ewebb@nando.net> wrote: > >>> Here is some effective Spam Netiquette: >>>1. Don't drown the newsgroup with replies because the sender won't see >>>them anyway >>>2. Email a response directly to the sender and spam his mailer, not the >>>newsgroups >>> (I prefer to autosend 100 emails of the US Constitution and >>>Amendments, but I don't advocate that everyone follow suit) > >>>3. If the post is proposes an illegal activity, such as this chain >>>letter/pyramid >>> scheme, send a copy to the appropriate government authorities >>> (I sent a copy to the NC Attorney General and the US FCC). >==================================================================== On Sun, 18 Aug 1996, Dick Erlacher wrote: >You're abolutely right! EMAIL the @#$%!, don't clutter the news! >Send him the soviet constitution as an attachment (800 or so pages) 50 >times a day from every one who gets his junk. Make his ISP cut him >off! > Actually, by mail-bombing a spammer, you will use up bandwidth, cause headaches for your ISP (and others), and come close to getting your account cancelled! FWIW, I have a substantial anti-junk mail page which offers other suggestions, and good links, at: < http://www.csn.net/~felbel/jnkmail.html > Check out the JunkBusters link! Hope this helps a little, Fred Elbel -- Fred Elbel felbel@csn.net http://www.csn.net/~felbel/ --