Re: [cobalt-users] SPAM revisited... (OT)

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jens Kristian Søgaard wrote:

> > Did anyone else get it?  If so, contact me offlist, and we'll close this
> > guy down; possibly in a matter of hours.
> 
> It really doesn't matter, if anybode else got it.

It matters to me in this case because it was addressed to ME; if he just
sent it to me, then he's not spamming the list, just sending me some UCE
based on reading my posts.

Also unwanted, but different in my opinion.

> Whenever I get email that I characterize as being spam; I send a
> complaint to the administrator of the originating system or their
> uplink. Quite easy - quite effective. I've had many accounts closed
> that way.

As have I.

> We're currently developing new ways of fighting spam. A new and
> radically different approach is the Razor system (Ricochet++).

I've looked at it, and like it, and may start using it.

But that still doesn't mean that this one email is spam.

Jeff
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