On Feb 13, 2008 6:15 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 17:24 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > We just need to start physically harming spammers, that's all. And I > > mean that seriously. > > ;-) > > A while ago someone asked me how could they stop someone spamming them. > My reply was, "Cut their hands off." > > While I don't, quite, advocate that approach, you would have to do > something that actually does prevent them from spamming. You can't just > tell them not to - that's not going to work on neither a personal level, > nor even a legal one. They'll just carry on until something *really* > *makes* them stop. The only method that I have heard of which has tried an worked is the Russian Mafia... a bit extreme though --- but then you consider the millions of annoying emails, and the dozens that get past your filters, and good mail that gets lost in said filters every now and then. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )
