Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/01/30/07:16:35
kifox wrote:
>
> Guys, you're getting worked up for no reason. Anti-spam/fake email-address
> are here to stay. Moaning about the technical issues aren't going to do you
> a bit of good,because most of the people who use these addresses don't
> really care about them. They're not getting spam in their mailboxes for the
> most part and that's all that really matters to them.
>
> Just relax and learn to live with it. Nothing going to change for the most
> part.
Actually, there are "smart" auto-mailers out there that can figure out
most common forms of hiding one's email address, even to the point of
lifting addresses from the body of your posts. I tried "nospamming" my
address for several weeks, and still got spam email. After a while, it
gets so tiresome replying to each one that I just delete it all. I know
this isn't the ideal way to handle it, but I don't see how it can be
stopped without active legislation to prevent it.
Nevertheless, is it so worth it to skip those couple of annoying emails
that you run the risk of annoying people that you actually care about?
I don't accept that "nothing is going to change" argument. We failed
miserably at combatting spam in the first place; at the very least we
can fight this.
Even though I don't pay per-time for my Internet access, I still hate
getting bounced emails telling me that I failed to notice somebody's
anti-spam protection.
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