Re: Crapola Deluxe at Verizon

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From: Scott Dorsey
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 23:30

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Beartooth <karhunhammas@lserv.com> wrote:
>On 14 Aug 2001 13:43:38 -0400, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
>wrote:
>
>>When you get a spam, read the headers, see where it came from, and complain
>>to them and to their upstream.  
>	Yes, I do all that -- and report it to abuse@my.isp -- as a
>matter of routine, of course. What I can't do in addition is sue the
>bastards.

Which is a shame, as I have found suing to be a lot of fun, quite
effective, and worth the filing charge.  The Virginia anti-spam law
is pretty lax but still surprisingly effective.

>>If everyone did this, you would see spam problems going away pretty quickly.
>	Yaa, shuure; and if wishes were horses, beggars would ride,
>Pollyanna.

Well, what are YOU doing about it?  You forget that we are the internet.
--scott

-- 
"C'est un Nagra.  C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: Crapola Deluxe at Verizon
Date: 15 Aug 2001 19:30:59 -0400
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