[SC-Help] Re: Unstoppable picture spam.

[Asterix]

Mike Easter <MikeE at ster.invalid> wrote:

> Asterix wrote:
> > Mike Easter
> >> Asterix wrote:
> >>
> >>> I didn't say my software prohibits me - it's rather Spamcop's web
> >>> form. Eudora lets me forward the spam to a sumbission address
> >>> without inspection, but then I completely lose control of where the
> >>> reports go. Examining the X-lines is of limited or no interest for
> >>> that purpose.
> >>
> >> I could use Eudora with SpamPal.
> 
> > The procedure you describe just sounds way too tedious,
> 
> No, we have different 'default' modes.  My default mode is to not open
> my spam unless I have to.  Your default mode is to open your spam, I
> think..

Correct.

> I quick report because I'm not notifying spamvertiser providers for the
> reasons I explained.

Well, I do - which I think makes much of a difference in "quick".

> > More work is not worth the effort - to me.
> 
> It isn't more work for me.

Since you don't notify site providers. Now that's clarified.
...

> > - what do you mean by reading spam subjects receptively ?
> 
> The recipient is reading the subject to see if she is interested in
> reading the spam for content.

Thanks for the explanation - well, I don't care about the subject.

...
 
> > - I don't read spam bodies for content, but for links and for
> > appearances of my address in the body. OK - that is contents ? :-)
> 
> That is 'inspection'.  

About what I though.

> You can inspect the interior of a spam without
> even reading it.  You can even use a tool to search it for the
> occurrence of your username or a derivation thereof.

Eudora's Find is good enough for me. 
And I like to be in control of what I'm doing. 
I would *never* trust an ever so good inspection tool completely.

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