Dennis Velthuis <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> remove
>
> AND DON'T IRRITATE ME AGAIN!!!!!!!!!

    Uhh, Dennis?

    Speaking of irritating behavior...  Sending responses like this
    to a mailing list instead of to the sender of the original
    message ranks right up there.

    Maybe you didn't notice, but the CVCOM spam was sent to the
    PICLIST, not directly to you.  CVCOM doesn't HAVE your e-mail
    addresss, so sending a response to them (even with the word
    "remove" in it) won't get you removed from their database.  My
    guess is that this is a clever way for them to GET your e-mail
    address in the first place.

    In general, the best thing to do with spam like this is to
    simply delete it.  If you have a smart mailreader, you can
    configure it to automatically delete any future e-mail from
    cvcom.com.  I have a fairly involved kill file already, and I
    haven't received any of those Krazy Kevin magazine spams in
    months.

    If EVERYBODY ignored commercial spam, the people sending it would
    quickly grow tired of wasting their time and would find some
    other way to advertise.  Responding to it en masse simply
    reinforces their belief that the internet IS a good way to reach
    a large population.

    -Andy

Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com
Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499