[Sca-cooks] ...... has a virus

[Martin G. Diehl]

[sorry for this late response]

Elaine Koogler wrote:
> 
> Stefan li Rous wrote:
> 
> > I've heard that there are folks that make it their hobby 
> > to locate and harass the spammers. 

Careful ... that could be viewed as a TOS violation by your 
ISP.  

In addition, I wouldn't put it past a SPAMer to use that pose 
to run a con on you (e.g. "Please contribute $xx to cover my 
Bandwidth costs").  ... and at the same time, get yet another 
address to SPAM. ... Probably then try to sell you burglar 
alarms, etc.

[snip]

> > Stefan
> >
> Yeah, I'm really getting tired of the offers to I get for 
> Viagra and ... VERY graphic ... and I have to wonder why ...

[snip]

> Kiri

It sounds as if you read the SPAM messages.  

If you can recoginize a message as SPAM, you should not read 
it.  

It is possible ... and not at all difficult for the SPAMer to 
code the message to identify the eMail address the used to 
send that message ... IOW, by reading a SPAM message, rhe 
SPAMer's web server confirms your eMail address as valid and 
you invite more SPAM to your email address.   ... You make the 
SPAMer more efficient.  

Depending on your browser and/or email client it may be 
possible for them to harvest your eMail address.  

Vincenzo

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Martin G. Diehl

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