>I have had an apologetic message from abacus@abacus.com, who are attempting
>to find who sent this stuff and used their address.
>
>I think it is probably best to treat SPAMs like advertisments (commercials).
> You can't stop them appearing, but you don't have to act on them.
>
>I must say I got very angry with the recent SPAMs, but now I sympathise with
>the sysops who get  100x more abuse than each list ever gets.

True. And I also see it as part of the price we pay for freedom on the
internet. If we turn to a sensor to protect us from spammers, next it may be
other material some consider offensive: political, sexual or religous. I
choose to ignore it and spare others the time wasted reading messages like
this one. (sorry).