ouch!!! no, i replied to this one :)))))

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 06:31:43PM +0100, Björn Stenberg wrote:
> 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
>

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