IP: No Subscription for Spam Relief

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 03:19:14 -0500
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Subject: No Subscription for Spam Relief

No Subscription for Spam Relief
By Joanna Glasner

2:00 a.m. April 5, 2002 PST

In the annals of Internet folk wisdom, "Don't reply to spammers" is
right up there with "Don't e-mail your credit card numbers to
strangers" and "Don't believe all the 19-year-old supermodel
lookalikes on AOL chat rooms."

The logic, at least where spam is concerned, has long been that
replying to a spammer merely indicates that your e-mail address is
valid. Even if the plan is to get off the mailing list, there is a
high risk that replying will result in more pitches for exciting
opportunities to earn $1 million a week working from home.

http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,51517,00.html



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