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Re: Crapola Deluxe at Verizon

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From: Lizabeth
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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