Re: [ OT ] Anyone know what the deal is with worthless spam?

["L. V. Lammert" <lvl@omnitec.net>]

At 07:11 PM 11/30/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Usually I am going to these sites to email requests to be removed from
>their list, but this type of thing happens pretty frequently.

Why would you want to do that? **ANY** response at all just validates your 
email address for more lists! If you look closely at the HTML behind the 
links, many include a 'key' that serves to identify the source of the email 
in their database (you).

>I just don't see the point of spam if there is no way for their
>customers to find them. Its like someone putting a commercial on TV for
>their car dealership but not telling them where they are located or what
>there phone number is and so on...

Yep! I expect many are getting hammered with DOS responses, their servers 
are hosed, or they have been taken offline by *their* ISP.

>Sorry if this was a rant, but I just don't get it.......

Why not just add their IP to your mail blacklist? It's MUCH more satisfying 
to know that their emails are being rejected.

         Lee


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