Thread: Spammers!
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Old 08-10-2003, 06:30 PM   #8 (permalink)
Mephisto2
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Originally posted by drawerfixer
Using the Mail application on Mac, I can classify something as junk and then bounce it back to the sender. This hopefully makes them think that an address isn't there. I've only been doing it for a week or so though, and haven't noticed anything different yet.
This will most likely do nothing, as the spam originates from "dummy" accounts; ie, your bounced email is never read or acted upon.

No one actually maintains these spam lists actively. They just buy a CD with millions of emails addresses (literally), or use a random address generator, and then fire off thousands of unsolicited emails per minute.

No cure, until some of these guys get put in jail...

Mr Mephisto
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