Re: Junk Mail

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> ask) and the one I post FAQs with doesn't necessarily get the most ads. I

> think more than likely the spammers are simply running software that
> culls usenet From: headers. You can munge your address but I haven't had
> any luck (I post on trn); the tech support tell me they'll have procmail
> running at my ISP hopefully by next week (I bug them so much they now
> send me private email to update me), which will allow me to post with one

> address but have people email me using a real address (and then direct
> the junk to another location).

If it's possible, how? Ask the news.answers moderators to change the From:
address and that's it? I thought that they required a legit mail address,
so that's one reason why I'm asking.

I use Tin to post the FAQ, which I believe can be set to use a different
posting name. If it doesn't, well, I guess I could fall back on NewsWatcher
or Cyberdog or something on my Mac, but Tin's so much faster...

> So far, most things just seem to be band-aid solutions. We need to
> provide a double-whammy of legislation and technological advancement
> that'll have a bult-in junk email block. I'm sure both are coming in the
> fairly near future (with the latter probably happening first).

I don't think we should try to get the former involved (legislation), since
that will just flare up the questions of InterNet censorship and so forth.
Maybe the court system could help, though - look at what they're doing to
the tobacco industry and think of what they could do to IQ-InterNet and
Cyber Promotions (well, they _could_ have done in cyberpromo's case),
etc...

Nick Zitzmann http://orion.edmonds.wednet.edu/
(Resident Macintosh Tweaker)
nickzman@eskimo.com (InterNet) "Saying that PCs are the best
zitzmann@edmonds.wednet.edu (Alt.) systems in the world is like
sticking your head in the sand!"
- me

WARNING: Any and all junk mail sent to my address(es) will be returned to
the postmaster of the offending site for inspection.

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