latesunday Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Has anyone been able to do more than just report. I mean, has anyone able to interact with these people (spammers) and tell them to go die? It's one thing that I get tons of spam to my "general" e-mail addresses. But I have some very specialized e-mail addresses that I try to keep very pure. Recently, some "CHEAP OEM SOFTWARE!!!" e-mails started making their way into my inbox. Rage is me. -Late Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farelf Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Has anyone been able to do more than just report. I mean, has anyone able to interact with these people (spammers) and tell them to go die? 29402[/snapback] Super cheap "OEM Software" sounds like piracy to me, you might try reporting to relevant organizations. There are reporting addresses in a FAQ here somewhere, can't seem to find it at the moment (sorry moderators, I need a map of the map), so here are a few places you can go for addresses: http://banspam.javawoman.com/report3.html http://spamlinks.net/track-report-addresses.htm http://www.elsop.com/wrc/complain.htm You will need to be able to understand what the headers and body of the spam emails are all about before you progress with some of the reporting agencies listed within the above links. The FAQs on those matters are easy enough to find here. You can often track down 'phone numbers, contact addresses and the like - http://www.dnsstuff.com/ tools can find them for you, on the information supplied in the SpamCop parses. This might not always be a good idea - the backbone of the spam "industry" includes some people worth avoiding (maybe check spamhaus http://www.spamhaus.org/lookup.lasso and read up before blundering into anything you're not ready for). But, in ordinary circumstances, some of the folk here report worthwhile results if you are prepared to be persistent. It might also be useful to learn Cantonese ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Betsy Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Has anyone been able to do more than just report. I mean, has anyone able to interact with these people (spammers) and tell them to go die? Rage is me. -Late Sunday 29402[/snapback] Communicating with spammers is not very productive - the best you can hope for is that they will listwash you. The rage is better to be controlled into persistence in complaining to those who give them internet access. And, in educating those who think spam is inevitable. I am getting spam on a 'clean' account because someone posted that address on a web page and wouldn't remove it when I asked because 'you can't avoid spam' Well, you can avoid spam as an individual by creating a non-dictionaryable address and being careful about you give it to. Have an alternate address for any time you enter your address on the web. Persistence is the key. Miss Betsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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