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They've just defeated themselves in my mailbox
They just defeated themselves. I will now filter and block all email messages from optinrealbig.com.

All thanks to the You-can-spam act, it's now possible to "legally" send spam. At first, I liked the act, but now I realize it can be misused so badly.

"He argued that SpamCop reports spam to the wrong people--the ISPs (Internet service providers)--rather than the companies that send the e-mail."

Oh, puh-lease - 99% of spam comes from spam operations that aren't even legit companies, and are likely to send *more* spam to complainers rather than do something about it.

"Scott Richter and Synergy6, an e-mail marketing company based in New York, were among the defendants named in the six suits. Richter also has been named one of the world's largest spammers by ROKSO, the Register of Known Spam Operations, which is listed on Spamhaus, an antispam and consumer advocacy organization."

Heh, if they got on ROKSO, they deserved to be there. That list is the worst of the worst offenders, and I try to block all of them.
Posted by: CobraA1   Posted on: 05/12/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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definition of irony....  JoeMama_z | 05/11/04
"DoNotSpam" list?!?!  rmalmuth@... | 05/11/04
because people that make those laws  V Sanders | 05/12/04
Even better  CobraA1 | 05/12/04
Think about it  vferrara | 05/12/04
effectiveness  Update victim | 05/12/04
OptIn, oh yes, I know them...  KOS-MOS | 05/11/04
Too late  gilgamesh_z | 05/11/04
Optin  beepster | 05/12/04
You could have seen this comming  ParadigmOdyssey | 05/11/04
Oh The Irony!  DragonBRockin | 05/12/04
Maybe it's time for the SPAMMERS to get a REALITY check ???  realitycheck101 | 05/12/04
Revenge  s31064_z | 05/27/04
well if someone uses this product  V Sanders | 05/12/04
No kidding!  Martin Marvinski | 05/12/04
What a contradiction  James T. Kirk | 05/12/04
I Like SPAM  bybelknap | 05/12/04
Right...  KOS-MOS | 05/12/04
Now there's a good place for a worm....  Richard.Schaefer@... | 05/12/04
"We're asking for the right to handle complaints."  BitTwiddler | 05/12/04
DDOS  Martin Marvinski | 05/12/04
They've just defeated themselves in my mailbox  CobraA1 | 05/12/04
Good luck with that...  KOS-MOS | 05/12/04
actually, it's better to block IP addresses  CobraA1 | 05/12/04
My right to refuse spam  Lee_D_z | 05/12/04
Don't bother opting-out, it doesn't work  CobraA1 | 05/12/04
antispammers  meldou@... | 05/13/04
They blocked a lot more than "spam"  N5GAR | 05/14/04
Only in California  upyander | 05/18/04
Revenge is all they want  candes | 05/22/04

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