[aclug-L] Re: WeatherLab virus

[Anne McCadden <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, then they know that they have a "live" address.  Don't reply, just 
delete the message or if you can't stand all the messages, then change 
your email address.  ~Anne

Robert Bottorff wrote:

>so if you send a reply to a true spammer,
>don't you confirm your address?
>doesn't that beget more spam?
>
>robert bottorff
>robotto@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>David Carmichael wrote:
>
>>Reply to:
>>
>>>On FYI-2:
>>>I "really" use abcjr@xxxxxxxxx, and have since December of 1999.  I do
>>>have to say that I find your "logic" behind placing e-mail addresses in
>>>your "spammers" filter quite "amazing".
>>>
>>
>>Not if you had any idea the amount of spam / virus infected emails that I
>>get!
>>
>>It seems that every time I post a message in any 'Newsgroup" I receive about
>>50 to 100 junk/spam/virus mails the next day.
>>
>>And since many of the messages come from the same servers I just found it
>>easier to trap the "@xyz.com" of any email address in the related message
>>and add it to my filter... which sends back a nice little message asking to
>>have my email address removed from their address book listing... and if they
>>got the anti-spam message by mistake how to reach me.
>>
>>--David
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Arnold Cavazos Jr." <abcjr@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 3:20 PM
>>Subject: [aclug-L] Re: WeatherLab virus
>>
>>
>>
>>>David,
>>>
>>>On FYI-1:
>>>It is reall easy to track down what EarthLink customer that
>>>e-mail came from if one had access to EarthLink's radius logs.  But
>>>it appears that you have mistaken me as an EarthLink employee, and I
>>>haven't been one of those since Feb 2 2001.
>>>
>>>On FYI-2:
>>>I "really" use abcjr@xxxxxxxxx, and have since December of 1999.  I do
>>>have to say that I find your "logic" behind placing e-mail addresses in
>>>your "spammers" filter quite "amazing".
>>>
>>>--
>>>abcjr
>>>
>>>
>>
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