I wonder if the'll mind is I use procmail to auto forward all spam above say score of 15 or 20 to them ?..
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Leghart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeremy Oddo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] SpamAssassin on CNN! > > > --On Saturday, May 24, 2003 12:28 PM -0700 Jeremy Oddo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Illustre Orman said: > >> On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 14:09, Robert J. Accettura wrote: > >>> http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/05/24/spam.bill.reut/index.html > >>> > >>> Yea! How sweet it looks! > >>> > > I quote from a related article: > > "The Federal Trade Commission has seen a huge increase in complaints from > > consumers. In 2001, the FTC received 10,000 junk e-mails each day > > forwarded by angry consumers. The agency now receives 130,000 messages > > daily." > > > > And because Grey Davis (CA governor) is still undecided on signing > > anti-spam bills, it brought a few ideas to mind... > > (1) forward all spam to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "please > > help us fight junk e-mail" > > (2) forward all spam to FTC with a subject of "please help us fight junk > > e-mail" > > (3) Send an e-mail a day to governor and/or FTC. > > > > Now, I'm sure 1&2 would get is into big trouble, but seeing as how the FTC > > "now receives 130,000 messages daily", can we not e-mail then and gripe > > about SPAM? The answer must be "yes". So my next question is "how OFTEN > > can you e-mail them to gripe about SPAM"? Once a week, once a day, once > > an hour, once per SPAM e-mail? Or maybe we could do a "bulk forward" > > where we attach the days SPAM to ONE e-mail and send that off? > > > > OK, perhaps we should play fair and only send an e-mail a day complaining > > about SPAM. What if EVERYONE that uses SA creates a CRON job to e-mail > > said governor and FTC? > > > > We do a lot of work to stop SPAM at the server level, but we really SHOULD > > make our voices heard to the people that are passing laws, no? > > > > I say we start voicing our concerns...and doing it LOUDLY! > > > > > > Jeremy > > > Ummm... don't know where you've been, but the FTC _wants_ spam. Send to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Two weeks ago, they ran out of storage space (at least, > that's what the SMTP error said). Now they are accepting mail again. Copy > all headers and send in the body of the message. Keep the subject line and > your personal comments to a minimum. Don't send attachments or attach your > spam. Send everything in-line. > > Really, just read the website. I don't see how you can interpret that as > getting "into big trouble" with the FTC. > > HTH, > Alan > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. > If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a > relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. > Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. > If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a > relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. > Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
