[ILUG] anti-spam thing...

[Ronan Waide]

On January 3, wesley at yelsew.com said:
> 
> How do spammers get their "hits" though? If the email addresses never
> work, websites mentioned in the emails are perpetually down, fax and phone 
> numbers go unanswered... What's a gal that wants to reply to some spam
> to do?

Some do actually have working URLs, and some have 
"Phone This Number/Write This Address". I've seen very few spams that
have absolutely no purpose whatsover other than irritant value.

> The shady world of spam intrigues me ... do spammers actually make money? 
> Can they possibly be as stupid as they seem? Do they really exist, 
> or are they just a conspiracy by some shady telco cartel? Ditto the
> Usenet cabal? Has anybody here every met a real, live spammer? (***)

I've exchanged email with a real live spammer who basically expressed
the opinion that the cost of sending six billion emails justified any
possible negatives.

So I reported him, quoting the email, to his upstream provider. Ta-ta,
and goodbye.

Waider.
-- 
waider at waider.ie / Yes, it /is/ very personal of me.
"if you can't live the lie, let it die/and if you can't live a life filled
 with strife/honey, just say oops/and jump through hoops/and get to the end of
 the line" - FLC, "Bear Hug" (Come Find Yourself)