Spammed

[David Bandel]

On 10/18/06, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> >On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Net Llama! wrote:
> >
> >> This list doesn't generate a response to rejected mail, explicitly for the
> >> purpose of not providing spammer's with notification of receipt of their
> >> email.
> >>
> >I know that not replying to spammers is good practice for individuals,
> >but does it apply to non-open lists?
>
> I don't see how this would affect spammers since only a tiny
> fraction of spam mail has meaningful sender addresses.  It might
> even be useful for somebody to get the deferral message in that
> they might figure out that their Microsoft virus was being used
> by spammers.
>

1  The list has only been subscriber only, never has been open.  I've
been dealing with hundreds of spams per day so you don't have to.  Any
spams that reach the list are coming from subscribed addresses.

2.  The only way to deal with spammers is not to go after them, but
smash the nuts of whoever is receiving the benefit.  If the folks who
pay spammers start paying the operating expenses of the Internet (like
my $3k/month bill), then the costs will outweigh the benefits and the
stupidity will stop, but not until.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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