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Lazarus Long

03/12/2003 8:19 AM

OT: Spammers are killing email

I gotta rant.

Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
sending to a friend.

Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
of communication.


This topic has 14 replies

DZ

David Zaret

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 4:57 PM

i find that mailwasher helps. it not only deletes spam, but it bounces
messages back to the sender, which in theory means to them that the
email address is invalid. i have found a reduction in spam email from
using it.

-- dz


Lazarus Long wrote:

> I gotta rant.
>
> Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
> put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
> perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
> sending to a friend.
>
> Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
> of communication.

GM

"George M. Kazaka"

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 8:33 AM

Shooting is too good for them
Slow suffocation would be more worthy

"Lazarus Long" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I gotta rant.
>
> Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
> put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
> perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
> sending to a friend.
>
> Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
> of communication.

LZ

Luigi Zanasi

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 3:09 PM

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:33:15 -0700, "George M. Kazaka"
<[email protected]> scribbled

>Shooting is too good for them
>Slow suffocation would be more worthy

If anyone wants to send some to me, I would be happy to either drop
them off naked in the bush somewhere when it's 40 below, or, during
the summer, tie them to a tree and smear them with bacon grease and
orange juice, which just happen to be some of grizzly bears' favourite
foods.

Luigi
Replace "no" with "yk" for real email address

WB

"Wood Butcher"

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 8:28 PM

Good point. And perhaps use a propane torch to cauterize
the stump so the SOB doesn't bleed to death too early?
Art

"Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Wouldn't you have to break it backwards to disjoint it first? Then use wire
> cutters to complete it?
> Joe
>
> Wood Butcher wrote:
> > I agree with Joe. The punishment should fit the crime.
> > But I'll modify it a bit: Using pliers, pull off one joint per day.
> > Art
> >
> > "Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >>I prefer amputation of their fingers, one joint at a time.
> >>Joe
> >>
> >>George M. Kazaka wrote:
> >>>Shooting is too good for them
> >>>Slow suffocation would be more worthy
> >>>
> >>>"Lazarus Long" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>>news:[email protected]...
> >>>>I gotta rant.
> >>>>Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
> >>>>put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
> >>>>perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
> >>>>sending to a friend.
> >>>>Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
> >>>>of communication.

JM

John McCoy

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 5:06 PM

Lazarus Long <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> I gotta rant.
>
> Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
> put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
> perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
> sending to a friend.
>
> Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
> of communication.

I gotta give you credit for recognizing the problem is spammers,
and not the people that run the spam-blocking filters.

John

GM

"George M. Kazaka"

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 5:43 PM

I have been hit 10 times by the paypal scam in the last 3 weeks telling me i
have onlt 5 days left to fill out thier form to maintain my account,
Ya right I have never used paypal and have no account

Then there is are my freinds in Zimbawee that need my help and i can get a
few million bugs,
I usually write them back and tell them as soon as the FBI give me clearance
i will give them a call.

Gee I wonder why i don't get those e-mail anymore.

"Barry Lennox" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 08:19:29 -0600, Lazarus Long
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I gotta rant.
> >
> >Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
> >put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
> >perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
> >sending to a friend.
> >
> >Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
> >of communication.
>
> Agree, but has not Congress passed some legislation to help?
>
> It will drive it offshore, but how hard would it be to pick the top
> three spamming bastard coutries (Maybe China, Pakaistan and Korea this
> month?? But, whomever) and simply kill ALL their mail, good, bad,
> spam, the f***** lot. Their stinking little goverments would soon get
> the message and do something about. Then start on the next three.

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 12:54 PM

I prefer amputation of their fingers, one joint at a time.
Joe

George M. Kazaka wrote:

> Shooting is too good for them
> Slow suffocation would be more worthy
>
> "Lazarus Long" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>I gotta rant.
>>
>>Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
>>put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
>>perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
>>sending to a friend.
>>
>>Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
>>of communication.
>
>
>

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 2:55 PM

Wouldn't you have to break it backwards to disjoint it first? Then use wire
cutters to complete it?
Joe

Wood Butcher wrote:

> I agree with Joe. The punishment should fit the crime.
> But I'll modify it a bit: Using pliers, pull off one joint per day.
>
> Art
>
> "Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>I prefer amputation of their fingers, one joint at a time.
>>Joe
>>
>>George M. Kazaka wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Shooting is too good for them
>>>Slow suffocation would be more worthy
>>>
>>>"Lazarus Long" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>
>>>>I gotta rant.
>>>>
>>>>Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
>>>>put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
>>>>perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
>>>>sending to a friend.
>>>>
>>>>Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
>>>>of communication.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

LB

Larry Blanchard

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 4:47 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
> put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
> perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
> sending to a friend.
>
I've had pretty good luck with the new filters my ISP (Fox) has put in.
Their old ones only caught about half the spam, but the new ones are
great. At first I did lose a couple of messages, but they've got it fine
tuned now to where I haven't heard of any missed ones and I only get one
or two spams a week (as opposed to 30-50 a day).

So it is possible.

--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?

LB

Larry Blanchard

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 4:50 PM

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> i find that mailwasher helps. it not only deletes spam, but it bounces
> messages back to the sender, which in theory means to them that the
> email address is invalid. i have found a reduction in spam email from
> using it.
>
Take another look. In most cases, you're bouncing it back to some poor
user whose address is being used by the spammer. The reply to field
in spam almost never points to the real sender.

--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

04/12/2003 7:53 AM

Seems a little extreme. Cauterizing it might do so musc nerve damage they
wouldn't feel anything when it was time to remove the next joint. Of
course, they do have 9 other 'fingers' to work with while that one recovers.
Joe

Wood Butcher wrote:

> Good point. And perhaps use a propane torch to cauterize
> the stump so the SOB doesn't bleed to death too early?
> Art
>
> "Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Wouldn't you have to break it backwards to disjoint it first? Then use wire
>>cutters to complete it?
>>Joe
>>
>>Wood Butcher wrote:
>>
>>>I agree with Joe. The punishment should fit the crime.
>>>But I'll modify it a bit: Using pliers, pull off one joint per day.
>>>Art
>>>
>>>"Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>>I prefer amputation of their fingers, one joint at a time.
>>>>Joe
>>>>
>>>>George M. Kazaka wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Shooting is too good for them
>>>>>Slow suffocation would be more worthy
>>>>>
>>>>>"Lazarus Long" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>>
>>>>>>I gotta rant.
>>>>>>Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
>>>>>>put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
>>>>>>perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
>>>>>>sending to a friend.
>>>>>>Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
>>>>>>of communication.
>
>
>

TD

Tim Douglass

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

04/12/2003 8:58 AM

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:43:31 -0700, "George M. Kazaka"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Then there is are my freinds in Zimbawee that need my help and i can get a
>few million bugs,

If they're lac bugs that might be a good deal.

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com

BL

Barry Lennox

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

04/12/2003 11:09 AM

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 08:19:29 -0600, Lazarus Long
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I gotta rant.
>
>Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
>put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
>perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
>sending to a friend.
>
>Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
>of communication.

Agree, but has not Congress passed some legislation to help?

It will drive it offshore, but how hard would it be to pick the top
three spamming bastard coutries (Maybe China, Pakaistan and Korea this
month?? But, whomever) and simply kill ALL their mail, good, bad,
spam, the f***** lot. Their stinking little goverments would soon get
the message and do something about. Then start on the next three.

WB

"Wood Butcher"

in reply to Lazarus Long on 03/12/2003 8:19 AM

03/12/2003 6:36 PM

I agree with Joe. The punishment should fit the crime.
But I'll modify it a bit: Using pliers, pull off one joint per day.

Art

"Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I prefer amputation of their fingers, one joint at a time.
> Joe
>
> George M. Kazaka wrote:
>
> > Shooting is too good for them
> > Slow suffocation would be more worthy
> >
> > "Lazarus Long" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>I gotta rant.
> >>
> >>Since spam became so ubiquitous and obnoxious, spam filters have been
> >>put in place. This is great except that spam blocking will also block
> >>perfectly legitimate email from going through. Like an email I tried
> >>sending to a friend.
> >>
> >>Spammers ought to be shot on sight for f*cking up a really good method
> >>of communication.
> >
> >
> >
>


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