Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/02/24/00:45:24
Personally, I just reply to the group and I assume that the person has taken
anit-spam measures. I mean, can you blame people? Spam and porn have become
two of the biggest things on the internet. Kind of like roaches being on a
population rise :) It's really sad too. Soon a person won't even be able to
do a simple Internet search with out running into porn sites. But this isn't
the news group for this subject.
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> On 19 Feb 1998, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> > If you are replying via the mailing list, and anti-spam addresses
> > bother you, DON'T REPLY, or let the reply bounce (as long as you send
> > to the mailing list too).
>
> I, for one thing, cannot afford to read carefully all the addresses just
> to detect spam and not reply, or delete the fake address from the reply.
> I read the body and sometimes the subject; I don't care about who (or
> what) sent the message. Bouncing messages are a form of spam (and some
> people even have to pay for it).
>
> I refuse to be spammed on behalf of somebody else's anti-spam. If I would
> have cared that much for the spam (which takes a second to delete) I would
> never post a single message. People who ask for help should at least
> make the effort not to make it harder on me to help them. If they don't,
> I will tell them that they are being rude.
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