Re: Spam wars (was test)

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Rockcliffe wrote:
> Jacey Bedford30/11/03 5:42 AM
> 
>> I think we'd better enjoy the internet while we can because if spams
>> keep increasing at this rate, within another year it will be more
>> trouble than it's worth and we'll all go back to writing letters ad
>> making phone calls.
> 
> The bulk of it is coming from the USA State of Florida I understand -
> perhaps as much as 80%.  I doubt the Bush regime will do anything about it
> fast.  It is already killing the Internet and computer use for many people.

I think this may be overstating it just a little ? I agree it's a serious
PITA, but it can, largely, be avoided, with a bit of trouble. I changed my
address about 6 months ago, when I got an ADSL connection (to lose the
100+/day spams was certainly a major side benefit, having been giving the
old demon address out since long before spam was a problem), and when I set
my new domain up I thought about what addresses to give out where. I didn't
get it altogether right (which I'm sure will come back at me at some future
time) but I got it right enough that I've only had maybe a dozen spams since
then. Because any address that receives any can promptly stop working.
currently, 2 changes of the one I give out on news postings, nothing else
has received any ... touch wood.

Which needs a bit of thinking and extra trouble. So maybe what'll happen is
that the "easy to use" bubble will burst and it'll all revert to what it was
like 10 years ago, when you were expected to be techy and understand things,
but with a constant resource drain due to permanent infestation by invisible
parasites. And then ISPs will start filtering, and real mail will get lost
along with the junk ... coming soon, a patent on Bayesian statistics ...

<summary>
It's a PITA.

-- 
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

If you want my address, put beulah where the spam trap is.