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Article #1102Re: Crapola Deluxe at Verizon
From: Lizabeth
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 23:59
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 23:59
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"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote in message news:9lf0nj$kon$1@panix2.panix.com... > Beartooth <karhunhammas@lserv.com> wrote: > >On 14 Aug 2001 13:43:38 -0400, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) > >wrote: > > > >>When you get a spam, read the headers, see where it came from, and complain > >>to them and to their upstream. > > Yes, I do all that -- and report it to abuse@my.isp -- as a > >matter of routine, of course. What I can't do in addition is sue the > >bastards. > > Which is a shame, as I have found suing to be a lot of fun, quite > effective, and worth the filing charge. The Virginia anti-spam law > is pretty lax but still surprisingly effective. > > >>If everyone did this, you would see spam problems going away pretty quickly. > > Yaa, shuure; and if wishes were horses, beggars would ride, > >Pollyanna. > > Well, what are YOU doing about it? You forget that we are the internet. > --scott > What people don't understand is that if they're not part of the solution, they're part of the problem. Apathy sucks.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101049,1196dc525a134d2d X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,1196dc525a134d2d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-15 16:59:21 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!24.0.0.38!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.va.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Lizabeth" <lizabeth-junk-mail-sux@writeme.compostheap> Newsgroups: va.general,dc.general References: <3b784587.37066874@news.bellatlantic.net> <3b794df3.8135889@news.bellatlantic.net> <9lbo0a$q0a$1@panix3.panix.com> <3b7ac921.20878483@news.bellatlantic.net> <9lf0nj$kon$1@panix2.panix.com> Subject: Re: Crapola Deluxe at Verizon Lines: 33 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: <r1Ee7.282910$qc.33837533@news1.rdc1.va.home.com> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 23:59:19 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.6.183.72 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.va.home.com 997919959 24.6.183.72 (Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:59:19 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:59:19 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster