[pmmail-list] Surge in Junk email?

[Tim Roberts]

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 12:56:24 -0600 (CST), Duncan Way wrote:

>>On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:04:08 -0500, Ralph Cohen wrote:
>>
>>>I'm wondering if anyone else has seen a surge in junkmail in the past
>>>couple of days?  I usually get 200-300 junk emails a day but already
>>>today - between 6am and noon - I received 277.  I got a similar surge
>>>yesterday.  Is anybody else seeing a similar surge or are you guys just
>>>bouncing all your junk emails to me?
>...
>You may want to think about changing your ISP, particularly if it is a local
>(mom & pop) setup.

I'm surprised at the number of people who are willing to change ISPs
and/or e-mail addresses.  I can't imagine the hassle that would cause me.

I absolutely refuse to alter my Internet behavior in response to stupidity
on the part of spammers.  That's like admitting that they have won.  I've
had the same e-mail address for 10 years; my address is on multiple public
web sites, and I've submitted thousands of newsgroup postings, always with
my real address.  I get about 100 spams and 40 viruses per day, but
SpamAssassin happily routes all of them to a trash bin.  I haven't had a
false positive in half a year, so I rarely even look at the trash any
more.

Filtering is the answer, not dodging and hiding.
--
- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


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