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Exposing Spammers For All They're Worth

Posted by timothy on from the next-time-up-the-rates dept.

llywrch points out this interesting story at Art & Farces in which a "guy fights spammers by occasionally sending an email telling the spammer to leave him alone or he'll bill for time & services. Some take him off their mailing list, some pay the bill, but most don't respond . . . except one guy who was so incensed at receiving this invoice he had his lawyers send a threatening note. Makes it easier for Fraase to collect on his invoice."

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  1. The other page by Forager · · Score: 4, Redundant

    /.'s stupid "lameness filter" won't let me post the other page. Here's google's cache:

    http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:R7VWyB6BrGM:w ww.farces.com/farces/999462920/index.html

    ~Aaron.

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  2. Sorry, not funny. by jcr · · Score: 2, Redundant

    This amounts to stealing from the pizza vendor, and that's as bad as spamming.

    Sure, it would probably make the guy unable to order pizza from anyone in the city as soon as they set up a list of addresses that get frequent bogus orders, but it would still be wrong to do it.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."