[Off Topic] Re: Dial in & out ???

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In article <19991117132032.B20941@greenie.muc.de>, 
gert@greenie.muc.de says...
>
>Hi,
>
>On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 09:18:37AM +0000, Nick Kay wrote:
>> In article <19991117004258.A29039@greenie.muc.de>, 
gert@greenie.muc.de 
says...
>> >On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 04:57:33PM +0000, Nick Kay wrote:
>> >> (I hope the intent of n-o-s-p-a-m is obvious)
>> >Yes.  It makes responding more difficult.  This is why I 
don't.
>> But you have. :)
>
>Yes - but not with advice.

:(


>
>> 
nick-who-gets-50-spams-a-day-and-is-thoroughly-pissed-off-by-the
m@arse
>
>So do I, and it annoys me mightily.  But to fake mail addresses 
and to
>annoy *others* is not the right way.

Apologies for the offense - none intended. As you can
see I am using a real address this time - but not my
own as I won't post it on a very public forum for the
dredgers to scavenge.


> Fight spammers,

I do, I do. Rather more than my employers would like.

> annoy your local
>politicians enough to make spamming illegal (and really do 
something
>against the spammers),

Heh. Here in the UK, most politicians don't even have an email
address - I don't think I'd get much more than a blank
uncomprehending stare.




> annoy all the ISPs that permit spamming, etc.

Yup, I'm quite practised at that.
I do like to get the spammers home phone number as well,
surprisingly easy for the amateurs.



Enough of me, I have a server to install.

ttfn
nick aka mgetty at NexNix