[ale] (no subject) SPAM talk...

[Ben Coleman]

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ChangingLINKS.com wrote:

| I see your points and understand your logic. I think that what you are
saying
| could be true for a minority of spammers out there.

I think you vastly overestimate the savvy and business ethics of the
typical spammer.  The only email addresses I've known the spammers to
avoid are those known to belong to admins of type who hang out in places
like NANAE - those who are likely to try and take action to take the
spammer off of the net.  And those they take care of by building
'known-anti-spammer' lists, and washing those addresses out of their
outgoing lists.



| While I stand strongly
| against the ALE's email handling practices, I too fall more into the
"just
| hit delete" crowd.

I'm unsure as to how these two things are opposed.

|I have seen guys get VERY mad, and litterally break the
| law in response to spam. I have seen this discussion arise several
times. I
| have seen guys "waste bandwidth" fantasizing about physically harming
| spammers.

I think you misunderstand admin humor.  While those kinds of
comversations come up, they're not serious.  It's typically more of a
blowing-off-steam type of thing.  Do you really think I want to see a
Section-One type organization set up to take out spammers?

Ben

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