What to do about spam?

@kykidd (6812)
United States
February 7, 2008 11:05am CST
We report spam to our email provider. But it doesn't seem there is anything that gets done about spam, I was thinking. Then I had this idea. I would start spamming them back. But if you notice you can't send anything to the email that sends you the spam, but there is another email listed usually down a ways. So I have started sending links to my website to all of the people who spam my email address. I wonder what would happen if everyone started doing this to these people. Do you think they would stop spamming us?
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5 responses
buwald
@buwald (271)
• Netherlands
7 Feb 08
i dont think that would help a lot. most of the spammers are actually automated scripts. its just best to use a spam filter, and report returning spammers.
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kykidd
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
7 Feb 08
LOL - well I figure it's worth a try for a couple of days at least. They're probably coming from different countries too, so my website probably wouldn't be of interest to them. Thanks for your response and have a great day!
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jtr115
@jtr115 (722)
• United States
16 Feb 08
There is a site called spamcop.net which allows people toreport spam e-mails. You just need to paste the e-mail header (the text which shows where the e-mail originated) and the message, then spamcop gives you the option of sending an abuse report to the ISP.
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kykidd
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
18 Feb 08
Wow, I was not even aware of this site. I have recently been getting stuff from Purdue.edu which I think is a college in Indiana. I think I will definitely give this a try. Thanks for your help and response. Have a great day!
AxranraRose82
@AxranraRose82 (1120)
• United States
15 Feb 08
It doesn't stop it! Sometimes (but not always) it makes it worse. I only know because I did the exact same thing! It still makes me feel better which is all that matters...and who knows? Maybe one day I will get something good out of someone seeing my links when otherwise they would not have!
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kykidd
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
18 Feb 08
That's good to hear. I am glad I am not the only one who tried doing this. It seems when I use the report spam button I just get more and more spam. Maybe it is my imagination. LOL Thanks for your response and have a great day posting.
raijin
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
8 Feb 08
I'm not sure how to avoid them, but surely, I don't have nor receive any of it on my inbox mails. Maybe you can try creating another e-mail of your's, the one's that you'd reserve to use for more important mails to receive. I think I don't receive any, because I don't belong nor go to any site and register my e-mail in it.
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tyc415
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
7 Feb 08
If I did that I would probably get even more spam. I use aol and they are pretty good at catching most spam and put it in a spam folder for me.
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kykidd
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
7 Feb 08
Good to hear that some of these ISP's are doing there job. Amazing how much stuff I report as spam in a given day. Thanks for your response and have a great day.