On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 10:28, rODbegbie wrote: > I usually take the time to log-on to whatever service it is, > change their password, then mess with their settings a bit.
Here's a hint that's actually slightly relevant to this mailing list (well, at least it is anti-spam): If the service they sign up for is one that provides a free web page and the initial notice you get gives you enough information to get to the account they set up, check the account's free web page. I used to just go in and change the password and the email address to something other than me so I wouldn't get the spam sent to them. Then I discovered that most of the time someone had set up a web site to go along with some spam scam. They didn't care about the password or email address once the site was up, and the site itself was a throwaway, meant to last until complaints from the spammees finally caused the free account to be dropped. So now the first thing I do when I receive a confirmation notice of someone setting up an account that has free web page service using an email address they made up that happens to be in my domain is go in and change the page from a porn redirect or an advertisement for making money fast at home to a standard page I have saying "This page was set up by a spammer trying to con people. Don't believe everything you read in your email". Then I change the password and change the email address to abuse at the hosting service's domain. -- sidney _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
