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Richard Knechtel wrote:
> 
> How so? it it is ONLY directed at a spammer and not the masses it should
> be ok. If it takes out a spammer it will 1) keep others from having to
> deal with the spam. 2) lesson the traffic across multiple networks that
> the spammers spams would have caused.

3) result in a complaint by the spammer to your ISP after which your
account will be toast. SPAM however annoying isn't (yet) illegal.
Sending a virus is intentionally damaging another user's machine. That
sounds pretty illegal to me.

> This sounds like a legitimate reason for using these methods doesn't it?

The end justifies the means, right? That's what Hitler said about
killing the jews.

> Complaints only work for short term. You complain to the persons ISP,
> the ISP  cancels his account. so the idiot goes somewhere else and
> starts it all over again.

Which costs him money. Eventually this process will become too expensive
and timeconsuming so that he'll either rethink his tactics or give up
spamming altogether.

> But if you do something MORE damaging than getting his email the guy
> might think twice about doing it again for fear of getting bombed again.

When you complain to an ISP about being bombed, they usually inform you
about the action they've taken. I think that he'll find it quite
rewarding to hear that you lost your account because if your actions and
continue as if nothing ever happened, probably with a little extra
filter in Sendmail killing JAVA stuff. On top of that, lots of people
use PINE and that doesn't support JAVA. Hell, most emailers under UNIX
don't support JAVA.

Just give it up. Complain and leave it at that. You'll be happier in the
long run.

Cooper
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