On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 21:36, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > Oh come on :) Do you really believe the sleazy Viagra and porn > > peddlers who are funding the spamming machines pay these guys for > > trying? If that were the case, there would be no incentive for them to > > adapt and survive - and they have certainly done that. > You are right. We need to track down the small percentage of people > that actually buy products via spam and take their computers away from > them. Then there would be no money in it for the spammers or their > slimy customers. :) > > Actually that is a good plan, send out a bunch of spam advertising > something that is irresistible to the same people that buy from spam. > Collect their IP addresses along with their names, credit card numbers, > etc. track them down and remove the electric meters from their houses. > Then work out a deal with all the ISPs to prevent those users from ever > getting an Internet account again. > > Eliminate the source of the spammers income and the spam should stop. > :) I think you're definitely on to something here - go with it.
