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Re: Blocking Spam Effortlessly



In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Alan Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I really don't know what planet you live on John, but the percentage 
> of spammers that include their actual email address with the spam is 
> maybe .001. They want you to go to a website.

Okay, so you DO understand what a joe job is.

> They do NOT want you to have their email address. This can be used to 
> track them down. They use webforms which DON'T give away their 
> addresses.
> 
> Perhaps there are some that use a real address and log responses 
> automatically, but I haven't noticed any increase in spam since 
> implementing the program I describe. If anything, it is the other way 
> around.
> 
> None of it gets by the program, regardless, and 99.9% of it is just 
> deleted on the server.

But that 99.9% generates unsolicited email to an innocent third party if 
a valid address has been forged as the sender of the spam or virus. C-R 
systems protect your mailbox at the expense of innocent joe job victims.



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