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[Dustin J. Decker]

On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Ripcrd6 wrote:

> DO NOT SEND ANY MORE SPAMMMMM TO KCLUG OR I'LL CONTACT YOUR ISP AND HAVE YOU
> BLACKHOLED.
I can assure you this e-mail did not come from mary23 at post.com.
If you want to blackhole spam, you need to implement it on the host upon
which you maintain the majordomo list for kclug.  Contacting anyone at
post.com will likely reveal that they allow relaying, thus they are
unwittingly being used as a spam clearinghouse. (Anyone less lazy
than me may want to verify that.)

Again, this is one of the downfalls of using the list address as a contact
address... it's just a matter of time until the address is harvested from
some other place be it a newsgroup, domain registration, or otherwise.

> >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >We are terribly sorry if you received this message
> >in error.
> >If you wish to be removed. Please, type "REMOVE"
> >in the subject line:   outnow at fiberia.com
> >
> >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Note that the so-called removal mechanism is "outnow at fiberia.com"...
This is a really _GOOD_ way to ensure you get MORE spam, as that address
is probably not used to opt out at all, but more as a verification
mechanism to ensure that your address is indeed valid.  Once verified, it
would likely be sold to several other spammers too.

Dustin

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