> It would seem that the spammers are selective about what
> newsgroups they cull from. I'm getting maybe one or two spams
> per day -- annoying but still at the level that I can that the
> time to complain about each one. It's not too surprising that
> posters to the comp.* hierarchy get more spam than those in the
> misc.health.* hierarchy.
Yup. I get almost nothing from rec.arts.movies.tech (for which I write
the FAQ). I get tons whenever I post to comp.* or alt.*.
> There's a lot of talk about technical solutions to spam. I don't
> see any real progress in controlling email spam. I regret to say
> that I believe a legislative solution will be required.
Please, no. I'm sick of folks who post with headers like
'Reply-To: president@whitehouse.gov'. The last thing we need are more
laws. What we do need is to cooperate to make email and USENET spam
painful and unprofitable for those who perpetuate it. If they can't
afford their T1, then they won't be able to send spam out. If their
provider cuts off their accounts, they won't be able to send spam.
If their system crashes (either due to an overload in mail sent to
abuse@site, root@site, postmaster@site, etc. or due to an outside attack
[very tempting...cyberpromo.com runs Sendmail v8.7.3...]), then the
ability to send spam out will be severely curtailed.
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