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From: karen&jim <>
Subject: Re: List Invaders!
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:13:13 -0400


> Hi, I got advice one time not to ever reply to these kinds
> of messages, it then gives them your email address and you
> really will get bombarded. The way they are getting to you
> now is just a mass mailing to everyone on the list. I
> propose that we close the list to only members and that will
> stop the unwanted soliciting.
>
> Lee in Eastern Utah
>

There is nothing to stop the offender from "joining" the list (since
they only need to send their message once) and hitting the whole list at
once. I always love to get the ones that have 800 phone numbers. It is
free for you and me, but, they pay. I love to call them a dozen or so
times to say hello and remind them that I am invading their space as
they invaded mine.

You can also respond to their Internet Service Provider (ISP) with a
complaint. I have been personally responsible for more than a dozen of
these spammers losing their accounts.

The main Roots-L list has prescreeners and that junk is filtered out.
jim :o)

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