Spamfighting Since the Death of MakeLoveNotSpam?

vacuum_tuber asks: "The now-defunct Lycos anti-spamsite screen saver, MakeLoveNotSpam, was extremely well received despite the whines and hand wringing from the no-one-should-ever-actively-defend-themselves crowd. There was speculation after its demise that Open Source spam-punishing tools would emerge. Other tools such as SpamVampire, LadVampire (punishes fake bank sites), Spam Research Tool and others were mentioned with increasing frequency, but there has been no coherent followup to gauge what people are doing since the death of the Lycos screen saver. What are you doing that you think is effective in punishing spammers or their spam-site sponsors?"

Comments

Re:The best way

[Evil Adrian]

No. Teach mom how to harden her computer, and how to maintain it. If she can't do that, she has no business using the Internet.

People that don't maintain their computers are like people that drive uninspected, unmaintained cars on public roads -- they're a danger to everyone around them.

Re:Don't join the mob

[eugene ts wong]

it will take away resources from the actual problem

You comment as if there is only 1 reason for spam. Please stop recognizing yourself as an authority of the subject.