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   Hello Richard!   
      
   ** 08.04.20 - 08:07, Richard Menedetter wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    AA>> I have toyed with the idea of replying to the ones that request   
    AA>> payment,  and just send back a message..   
      
    RM>And what should that do??   
      
   Maybe start to annoy THEM?   
      
      
    RM>THEY know what they are doing.   
      
   I imagine that they might just have a stupid "clerk" who just might be     
   clueless enough to click.   
      
      
    RM>THEY can deal with it nicely.   
      
   Yes.. most of this stuff is automated. Mass deliveries of these emails and     
   then when activated by the payload, more automation takes over.  I know..     
   it's just robot waiting for robot.   
      
      
    RM>This is much better, and funnier:   
    RM>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QdPW8JrYzQ   
      
   I remember seeing that several years ago.  It was fun to see it again.      
   Meanwhile another one of his that deals with "Unsubscribe".  It's worth     
   looking up if YT doesn't already queue it up in the side panel.   
      
   Things like that do help to snuff out the fire of frustration that builds     
   up in me.   
      
   One thing for sure.. the spammers have succeeded in spawning a market to     
   document these "adventures" by people who then capitalize on the rewards     
   that YT provides.  What's the pay-out from YT these days?  $1000 per     
   million hits.  $100 per 100,000 hits?   
      
   The one called "More adventures in replying to scam.." by the same fellow     
   seems even funnier.  It has a great finale!   
      
   I can relate when he says that "part of me just wants to annoy THEM as     
   much as they annoy US."   
      
   This one by another fellow is pretty good too:   
      
      
   "OK - Let's Tell The Scammer I Already Have The Money"   
      
       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eYdGGfObKk   
      
      
    AA>> Many of these emails are so stupid. I despise those things. There   
    AA>> should  be a away to block them right at the ISP/server side.  I would   
    AA>> rather not  have them delivered to my mailbox in the first place.  Why   
    AA>> can't ISP's  block certain ip addresses right on the spot?   
      
    RM>On what basis should they do so??   
      
   Invasion of privacy for one thing.   
      
   How long would you tolerate someone knocking at your door to talk to you     
   after you've told them to go away?  And then they would just continue.   
      
   How long would you tolerate someone pricking you with a pin at the back of     
   your neck after you've told them to stop coming near you?   
      
   Many other examples, but privacy is the salient point.   
      
      
    RM>But there is a really easy and extremely effective way!   
    RM>Greylisting.   
      
    RM>It simply refuses the first delivery of the mail...   
      
   Very nice.  Perhaps some  isps already implement that without my knowing.     
   But sadly, the odd spam still slips through?   
      
      
    RM>The other/additional method is to set up SpamAssassin.   
    RM>It scores the mail and if the score is too high it does not accept it.   
    RM>But it is much more complicated to set up and maintain.   
      
   That one sounds very familiar.  Good to know that there are solutions that     
   ISPs can implement. But whatever is being done, is not good enough.   
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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