[pmmail-list] Surge in Junk email?

[Sorin Srbu]

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:17:05 -0800, Tim Roberts wrote:

>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.

It's not an option for me either... 8-/

>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.  

Yeah, it's the principle. As a matter a fact I saw a thing in a
spam I got yesterday, that surprised me. THere's no end to what a
spammer will do to screw up filter. Like instead of "penis" they
write "p/enis". This is so stupid. Why can't the governments ban
spamming altogether? How hard can it be? Nobody wants it for one
thing... Spam is a pet peewee for me, and I can help getting
frustrated over it... 8-/

>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.

But you need better filters and constanly modifying it. Why should
I have to take time for this, when I didn't ask for it in the first
place?

WHat's the general opinion on the spam law the us has passed (will
pass?)? Will it make things better at all? Or is it just hotair?



BW,

Sorin

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