[X-Newbies] Dealing with Spam

[Thierry de Coulon]

On Sunday, 3 July 2005 18.04, Tony Johansen wrote:
> Is there such a thing as software or a script that can return suspicious
> e-mails to their point of origin that would make them look like they were
> undelivered? I get the impression that much Spam is sent on spec and that
> both opening or deleting them merely confirms an address to be valid.
>
> (Personally I think it is the Spammers themselves who need to be deleted.)
>
> Some of these people are very evil. I had one recently that tried to get my
> credit card details. The return address appeared to be
> accounting at PayPal.com but PayPal claimed it was a 'spoof'. Definitely
> people that I don't want to have my address.
>
> Are there other ways of making my Mac and my addresses more invisible?
>
> Tony

I doubt that spammers take time to care about returned mails. Just delete spam 
mails. My favourite toll for this business is bogofilter

Thierry

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capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
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