[Rockhounds] Spam on list

[Axel Emmermann]

In most Belgian cities you can buy a sticker which says "no unsolicited
mail!".  The fact that you buy those at City Hall means that they are
official!  If you stick that on your mailbox, the Postman wouldn't dream of
slipping any unsolicited mail into your mailbox.  Alas, there are always
some marginal companies that will employ marginal people for the sole
purpose of bypassing this clever sticker.
As a result I find my mailbox filled with pamphlets and advertisements for
poker sites, obscure churches, clairvoyants, and what have you.  For a few
bucks an hour these marginals stroll around in city blocks with baby buggies
filled with brochures.  If I catch them in the act I throw my cat at them,
set them on fire, force-feed them their pamphlets and explain to them what
"no unsolicited mail" means.  It doesn't help, they keep coming back.

Spam should be considered a crime against both privacy and the
environment...

Cheers

Axel 
 
 
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> Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
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> Namens Kreigh Tomaszewski
> Verzonden: zaterdag 25 juli 2009 3:36
> Aan: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
> Onderwerp: Re: [Rockhounds] Spam on list
> 
> I got one, glanced at the headers and noted it did come thru the list.
> FROM addresses are easily forged and the one on the message was
> probably not the real sender. U simply hit delete.
> 
> The list does a pretty good job of filtering out crap. The only way to
> not receive spam is to not have an email account (then the post office
> will deliver junk mail to you).
> 
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