I used to do this until my provider explained to me that it was not approaite for me to attack the spammers even if they started it. I created a program to automate filling in their forms, submitting random names, fake details etc, but I'm sure the spammers could easily filter my submissions based on the IP address I used to send from. What we need is a Distributed fake replier, something like SoBig.f where we can control 1,000's of computers to do our dirty work. But then aren't we just as guilty as they are?
But I love the idea and as explained, I used to do this ;) Frederic Tarasevicius Internet Information Services, Inc. Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Monday, October 06, 2003 11:54 AM -0700 Mike Van Pelt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Speaking of nasty little parasites, imagine a 419 spammer. >> He gets 100,000 "bites" to his spam. Wow, he must have hit >> the jackpot! Except... no. 99,999 of them are fake, >> computer-generated "leads", which lead nowhere, but he can't >> *tell* they lead nowhere until he tries to follow up on them. >> Could he ever find the real moron? > > I love it. Whenever I hear of the screwfly solution, I always think > of an old science fiction short story by that name I read back in the > 70's or 80's, in which interstellar real estate developers use this > against humans. > > Maybe the solution is to get the feedback system implemented on a > website. Someone figures out what's needed to provide the phony > feedback and puts up a HOWTO or something more sophisticated and then > someone who gets a matching class of spam submits it to find the > matching garbage injector. > > Still sounds like way too much work to be practical, though. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
