[aclug-L] Re: Reverse the Aging Process 10-20 Years!

[Jesse Kaufman <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

it would be fun, but i agree, it could cause problems w/ your
'relationship' w/ your isp...  

i've found a great recipe for minimizing spam:

1 part junkfilter (search on freshmeat)
1 part procmail

Setup junk filter to get most of the obvious spam, then setup procmail to
filter all good e-mail into your mail folders or wherever you'd like them.
For the last recipe in your procmailrc, filter out everything that isn't
specifically To:, Cc:, Bcc: any of your accounts that end up going thru
this procmail, and *presto* very little spam.  Granted, don't filter all
"bad" e-mail to /dev/null right away...  it takes a few weeks of testing
to make sure it's right, then bon apetite... i mean enjoy your 99% spam
free mailbox!

another fun thing to do is to test the mail servers the mail actually came
from w/ the ORBS list, and see what you come up w/! : ^ )

abuse@<domain> often works (however, I had to send about 400 e-mails to
abuse@xxxxxxxxxxx before they finally killed the account of the guy
sending spam as MY address!), but I've also found numerous servers that
don't even have an abuse address...  

anyway, just my $0.02 ...  didn't even see the spam until i checked my
junk folder after the replies came! : ^ )

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On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Jonathan Hall wrote:

> More than annoying the spammers, you will annoy your ISP, and risk having
> your account terminated.
> 
> I tried similar action a few years ago... 80% of spam comes from invalid
> e-mail addresses (big surprise!), so sending them mail results in lots of
> bounced mail, and clogged mail spools at your ISP (or whichever mail server
> you use).
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 10:31:45AM -0600, james l wrote:
> > I am thinking about sending the following message to the next spam I get, 
> > and
> > then following the policy, comments?
> > 
> > James L
> > 
> > I recieved spam from you. If I recieve another, I will take actions which
> > will be very annoying to you, and perfectly legal. One item I am thinking of
> > doing to spammers is creating a half megabyte file with the word REMOVE in
> > the body. If you have a slow connection, this will lead to an excruciatingly
> > long time to download (1.2 minutes at optimum 56K conditions, and given that
> > most connections are much slower say 3-10K per second, it would take 6-22
> > minutes), and may also cause you to lose mail if you have mail quotas. This
> > is your only warning, repeated offences will lead to sending 2^(N-1) 500KB
> > messages. I asume no responsibility for any disruption to your mail, and any
> > trouble it causes you, as you have caused disruption of my mail, and 
> > troubled
> > me. 
> > Sincerly, James Lancaster 
> > If you are recieving this message in error, simply make sure you don't send
> > me spam (and I read the source of mails, so don't try to hide behind another
> > e-mail account.)
> > 
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