RE: OT-CHAT: All messages appear in other discussion groups

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I use SpamCop (http://www.spamcop.net) to parse the headers and send reports
to the various ISPs.  it is quick and easy to use, plus they also track the
response of the ISPs to these complaints.  You can be surprised by the
number of ISPs that can be involved in one Spam.  I remember one that,
between the header and the body of the message, showed 10 ISPs.  Areas on
the SpamCop site show the responsiveness of the various ISPs to complaints
registered.

Also, I send a copy of the Spam to my own ISP for their information.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Gibbons [j*@interpath.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 7:26 PM
To: iris-talk@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-CHAT: All messages appear in other
discussion groups




> I rarely receive unsolicited mail. I don't participate in chat groups, but
I
> have no idea if this makes one more vulnerable to unwanted mail.
> Cheers, Jan Clark

Spam, in my experience, seems to be a result of:

a)  having ordered from or requested information from an untrustworthy
source, even if you think you know better.
b)  posting your email address un-anonymously at auction sites
c) subscribing to informational sites
d) being a member of a group that has been targeted by spammers

I'm fairly sure,  that spam is a result of living in the current electronic
age. No different than ordering from a nursery catalogue, and getting 6 new
catalogues from whomever they sold their list. And dumping them in the post
office trash can, like deleting and adding them to your list of unsolicited
senders in your mail program.
I get about two or three a day.  I ALWAYS forward the email, with details,
to abuse@whatever_isp.com that they were issued from, even if the reply
might be "Oh, this miscreant is only pretending to be from here...", which
is the usual reply from msn.com.  (Odd how many others have replied that
they have taken care of the problem by deactivating the spammers account.)
Jim Gibbons
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