[ale] OT: anti-spam

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> I just received an unsolicited email, the content of which,
> in its entirety, was:

> "NEVER SEND SPAM. IT IS BAD."

They will do ANYTHING to try to get you to reply, thus confirming that
the email address is good.  Then later they either will send you the
real spam or include you on one of those "10 million email addresses" CDs.

Don't reply to spam, ever.

Do, however, read the "Received*:" headers and send email to "abuse@" the
sending ISP and, if there's an open mail relay, to that domain too.  There's
a manybe 30% chance you'll get someone's account turned off that hasn't
already been.

> My irony meter nearly self-destructed on the spot!

> -- Joe
>     Any OS distinguishable from Windows is not sufficiently broken.

Bob

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