OT thoughts about punishment for the BLaster dude

[DavidG]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
i have been thinking about spam.

It is a legit business and people do use it.

What i think is that people need to learn how to use filters properly.

I have filters set up on my email properly now and now I am getting only 1 email every few days. So I update the filter.

Spam works as it makes money for those involved. If it did not then it would not happen.

It is an offset to the internet as it should be. I still despise the Spammer. But they did teach me how to use my email filters properly.

Giving spammers credit for teaching you how to use e-mail filters properly seems a bit like giving virus writers the thumbs up for teaching you how to use your virus scanner.

Man if you've got filters that work 99.9% of the time then you are heck of a lot smarter than I am.

It may be a legit business now but IMHO it should not be. I suspect if sent some really hard core porn to the 6 yr old girl who lives next door I'd end up in jail. But if I sent it by e-mail it would be a legit business. IMO it's way past time to ban this kind of crap.

[ September 19, 2003, 21:07: Message edited by: DavidG ]