FLASH: <OT>Fighting SPAM (was: CONFIRMED IN THE NEWS)

[Marc Hoffman]

I won't quote the original message.  If you haven't seen it, suffice it to

say it was SPAM sent to this list.


I agree in condemning it, but want to mention that flames are not a good

response. They can clog the internet as badly as the original spam.  They

often target the wrong ISP, since much SPAM is disguised behind a false

return address. For these reasons, flaming can result in losing your own

ISP account!


There are a number of ways to fight SPAM.  You can complain to your own ISP

and the originating ISP (be sure to examine and include the entire message

header to help determine the source of the SPAM).


There are lots of good information sites on combatting SPAM.  If you don't

feel like doing your own search, you might start with

http://www.jps.net/support/index.htm, which is my ISP's anti-spam page and

which I found quite helpful.


I'm moving this Sunday and will be officially be back to this list on

Tuesday or so. Just couldn't resist this one submission :-)


-Marc



Marc Hoffman

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