Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 03:24:47 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> Subject: Re: this spam Message-ID: <15362.2655.623856.97716@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <37557804@toto.iv>
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Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org> types: > On 11/25/01 11:16 PM, Stephen Hovey sat at the `puter and typed: > >=20 > > My two cents as a network admin who is kinda sick of this topic from a > > daily issue of it in my work.. > >=20 > > Use a mail program that doesnt make deleting a message, read or otherwise, > > an act of gymnastics.. > >=20 > > Accept that if you do anything other that mail your mom, and she NEVER > > sends you and e-greeting, etc., that you will get spam... > >=20 > > Never do business with a spammer..=20 > >=20 > > Press delete, and get over it.. Its just spam.. > > <RANT> > All good points, but that doesn't address the point that spammers are > unscrupulous individuals <etc>. Quite correct. The proper response to SPAM is not to hit delete and forget it; it's to hit complain and forget it. If the mail agent you're using doesn't make complaining about spam painless, find one that does. Personally, I use vm and vm-complain. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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