[ale] Matrimonial --> spam problem

[Frank Zamenski]

Tempting. And indeed maybe illegal, although I'm not a lawyer nor do I play
one on TV. It's also just plain unethical, unprofessional, and contributes
to bandwidth waste. (Although there IS a limit! ;-)

As is known, tough to trace them down, and when caught, the ratfinks often
come back anyway.

Could make it a federal crime, first-time offense punishable by 24/7/30
cuffed in front of a computer to read all the spam anyone cares to forward
to the offender. I think that'd quickly end it. If not, toss the repeat
offender into a deep lake then throw him a life buoy... of hardcopy
spam-in-a-sack! Fast, efficient, humane, effective.... and darn righteous,
too! (Albeit for a while lake must be dredged daily of icky-poo spam
remnants, for lake to remain functional as deterrent factor.)

Else, cooler heads might find a practical solution....

--fgz


> From: "Rod Young" <development at combiz.net>
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 11:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Matrimonial --> spam problem
>

> What are the ethics of just overloading their mail ststem with scripts.
> I know that may seem gosh or even be illeagle. But so should spamming.
>
> Frank Zamenski wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jonathan Rickman" <jonathan at xcorps.net>
> > To: <ale at ale.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 8:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Matrimonial
> >
> > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Aiswarya wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > We  have pleasure to  invite you to visit  the  biggest  and   fast
> > growing   Indian  matrimonial website.
> > > >
> > > >                       http://www.Indiaoptions.com
> > > >
> > >
> > > OK...I can only take so much. Maybe it is about time to look into some
> > > spam blocking for the list. This has gotten a bit out of hand over the
> > > last few days. It's just a matter of time before they subscribe to the
> > > list and start harvesting member addresses. At that point I'm afraid
the
> > > list might die a slow death, and I'd really hate to see that happen.
> > > --
> > > Jonathan Rickman
> > > X Corps Security
> > > http://www.xcorps.net
> > >
> >
> > I agree. The last thing I want is to be harvested by more idiot
spammers.
> > Yet
> > this spamming trend may lead to two distasteful choices: unsubscribe,
or,
> > the
> > useage of a bogus address. Leaving would make me feel like I gave in to
the
> > low-lifes, which would just irk the hell out of me! But I also don't
want to
> > feel
> > like I have to 'hide' within an otherwise high-caliber and professional
list
> > like
> > this one, either.
> >
> > --fgz
> >
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