Vacation reply

[Bart Silverstrim]

CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:

> He must have subscribed, just like you or me. Think about it. This list
> is a juicy target for spammers because by sending one email to the list
> from a disposable Hotmail account, they can spam thousands of people
> repeatedly until the list administrators clue in and ban him. To make
> matters worse, people who are too lazy to trim posts properly end up
> unwittingly helping the spammer by quoting the original spam in its
> entirety in their responses to the list. For the spammer, it's the gift
> that keeps on giving.

Not really, since I'd think that you'd have to be a total f-wit to think 
that subscribing and sending SPAM to a list of mostly technical people 
will yield many customers.

Most of the hits this scumbag will see on his site because of this stunt 
will be people working to track down a real-life address or other 
information on him (or her).