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Never reply to spam!

From: Björn Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:31:43 +0100 (CET)

Someone apparently replied, on behalf of the curl lists, to the "remove"
address of yesterday's spam, and look at where that got us.

Rule number #1 of spam prevention:

  Never reply to spam!

As everyone can see, the very same address that just yesterday claimed to
have removed us from "all ugetmore4less.net lists" already today sends us
more spam. How come? Because the remove address doesn't remove at all, it
instead confirms the address is working, has an audience and therefore is
a prime target for spam flooding. This is how spammers work. Thus:

  Never reply to spam!

Thank you.

-- 
Björn
Received on 2002-02-12