Spam

[Steve Hoffman]

Wouldn't necessarily count on any of this working, but maybe it will 
make some folks feel better....

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New Ways to Stop Spam

Jesse Berst
Editorial Director, ZDNet


Email the government. The Federal Trade Commission has set up a
special email box to take your spam complaints: uce at ftc.gov. In
addition, U.S. Senator Robert Torricelli of New Jersey urges you to
send support for his anti-spam bill to your U.S. representative, or
to his email address: senator_torricelli at torricelli.senate.gov. And
U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski urges you to do the same:
commercialemail at murkowski.senate.gov. 

Boycott spammers. Do not buy their products. 

Protect your email address when you post it. Put in some obvious
"take out" such as 'NOSPAM', e.g. me at home.NOSPAM.com; humans will
recognize what's going on and delete the NOSPAM part. Automated
"spambots" may not be able to recognize your trick, so their emails
to that address will go astray. 

Never respond to spam. Most spam email comes with an invitation to
"remove" yourself from the list. Don't believe it! The replies
usually bounce. What's more, the spammer can use your reply to
confirm that your address is active. 
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