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dold@68.usenet.us.com wrote:
: David McKay (mck@rahul.net) wrote:
: : I've been sending junkmail to postmaster@(wherever it originated) and
: I _never_ reply to junkmail.  I bounce it to "junkmail" because I've got
: nojunk-10, and I want rahul to see what gets past, but replying merely
: reinforces that a good address has been reached, strengthening the value of
: the list being used.
: Forwarding to postmaster either inundates an innocent victim of forgery, or
: validates your address.  Being protected behind rahul's nojunk, I leave it
: to the unprotected masses to wage battle back to the providers.

You misread my post:  I didn't say that I respond to junk mail; I send
it to the system administrator (either postmaster@ or abuse@) at the most
likely looking point(s) of origination.  In some cases the sysadmin of a
non-offending site has been interested to hear that someone is forging 
their address in spam mailings.

When I stop getting responses from the sysadmins thanking me for my
reports and indicating action, I'll stop sending to them.  

                                               -- David McKay