gnupic: Not OTP! Re: Welcome gnupic@linuxhacker.org!
Subject:
Re: Not OTP! Re: Welcome gnupic@linuxhacker.org!
From:
Declan Moriarty ####@####.####
Date:
9 Dec 2002 18:18:57 -0000
Message-Id: <02120918184700.00290@genius.chateau.dec>
On Monday 09 December 2002 15:56, you wrote:
> Well, it might be slightly off topic, but the topic lately has been
> spam, and this does have a degree of importance.. so..
>
> Some advice to all, if you receive spam, and that spam says, "Click here
> to be removed from our list" or "Click here if you don't want to receive
> this".
>
> DO NOT click there. If it IS spam (unsolicited email), clicking on the
> link they provide typically does nothing more than to confirm that your
> email address is valid (the email got to you, for you to click on the
> link, so it must be an active email address), and therefore able to
> accept more spam (from whoever sent you this spam, as well as whoever
> else they decide to sell their list of email addresses to).
>
> If you *don't* click on it, even though the mail doesn't bounce, it
> makes your email account look 'inactive' to the spammers. Well, maybe
> not completely inactive, but "not active" anyway, so it's not worth as
> much as an email account that 'CLICKS HERE' and shouts out "HEY, I'm a
> valid email address!! Please use me to send your spam to!!" It may take
> a while, but by not clicking, you'll actually help to reduce the amount
> of spam floating around.
>
> just my $0.02, from someone technical who works for a little internet
> service provider type company :)
Right - One question. How useful is the 'bounce' feature offered in some
e-mail clients? Does it fool anyone? I've taken the trouble to bounce your
message as well just for the sample. That should arrive to you shortly.
--
Regards,
Declan Moriarty
