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Re: Spam on list
- From: NavEcos <ecos at navosha dot com>
- To: Iztok Zupet <iztok dot zupet at vsr dot si>,Jonathan Larmour <jifl at eCosCentric dot com>
- Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew dot lunn at ascom dot ch>,Gary Thomas <gthomas at eCosCentric dot com>,"Koeller, T." <Thomas dot Koeller at baslerweb dot com>,"ecos-discuss (E-Mail)" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:42:09 -0700
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Spam on list
- Organization: Navosha
- References: <850597605E79D21182830008C7A4B9CF1EB4243D@COMM1> <3D9102BB.1050602@eCosCentric.com> <1033057059.1990.7.camel@alatka>
- Reply-to: ecos at navosha dot com
On Thursday 26 September 2002 09:17 am, Iztok Zupet wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 02:26, Jonathan Larmour wrote:
> > > Better solution is to use a filter looking for well known web or other
> > > links in the message bodies. That works, but consumes more CPU time.
> >
> > I believe there is one already, maintained by hand[1]. May I suggest in
> > future, if you see a spam that you believe could be used with a filter
> > (e.g. a Nigerian scam one or whatever), to e-mail
> > sourcemaster@sources.redhat.com where (hopefully!) someone might be able
> > to act.
> >
> > I might be wrong, but here goes anyway :).
> >
> > Jifl
> > [1] The likes of SpamAssasin are very good, but can still be overkill.
>
> Mine is essentially a maildrop filter also maintained by hand. But the
> spammers that harvest this region are different that the ones on the
> mailing list, so it doesn't seem useful to combine the filters.
>
> iz
This is a huge thread, so I apologize for contributing to it.
I have a more effective solution which works for me nearly every time when it
comes to fraud emails: Just respond to the spammers, and attach a virus. It
is illegal to knowingly pass a virus around, but it's also illegal to commit
fraud.
Another (fun) solution is play dumb, make a million promises (I'm trying to
raise the money... the check is in the mail... that bank account number
should be valid...), and waste their time. I kept this up with one guy for 2
months. Time is money, especially for these people.
It's very simple. Make it unprofitable to contact you again or if it's
possible, costly.
-Rich
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