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funny here in america all I get from the EU is ...[ Parent ] (none / 0) (#28)
by psyduck on Tue Mar 23, 2004 at 11:57:58 AM PDT

funny here in america all I get from the EU is ...

SPAM.

And from Asia - viruses.

The solution to the problem is simply.

Till "WE", the few that understand technology, make it so unprofitable for these ISP to run "free" email accounts. The problem will not be fixed.

There are dozen of ways to do this legally. Suggestion number one: bounce three messages to the senders ISP's for every message recieved. NOT and I repeat, NOT, to the reply address. These three messages should be: 1) the message, 2) you systems warning that spam was recieved and 3) how the ISP can fix the problem. hint: use *nix system, mail scanner (with spam assassin), perl to scan log files and send the bounce mail out.

Lastly, tell me when the Goverment has ever fixed a problem?

Patrick J Matthews

P.S. I can tell the last time the people fixed a goverment issue - 1776



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