Tracking Spam to the Source 366
cygnusx writes: "MSNBC is carrying a Wall Street Journal article on one reporter's attempts to track the spam she receives to the source. Armed with a few Hotmail and Yahoo accounts, reporter Stacy Forster actually responded to most of the barrage of spam she began to receive after a week or so. Not quite the best investigative jounalism ever seen, but still a good glimpse (or so I thought) at those who send us those unloved missives about "exciting business opportunities" and "millions of $$$ waiting"."
Re:All we need is.. (Score:3, Funny)
Taco, Hemos, anyone, is there some way to stop seeing these damn things?
The man behind the curtain... (Score:-1, Funny)
"Yes! I, Bill Gates, am the Wizard. The small-dicked like myself and Rob Malda need cheap ways of displaying supposed "power." Malda created Slashdot so he could bitchslap trolls, and I bought Hotmail so that I could spam people! I M TEH L337!!!!"
"No, Mr. Gates," said the reporter, as she pumped eight rounds of buckshot into Gates' wiry body. "You're teh dead. And Malda is next. I will protect the world from small-dicked assholes! To infinity and beyond!"
The End.
-- The_Messenger [geocities.com]
Re:Just use PINE and... (Score:2, Funny)
luckily outlook crashes before i open my eyes again. (karma whoring microsoft bashing there, i find it moderatly stable nowadays)
Don't you think... (Score:5, Funny)
How's this for investigative journalism?
1. Locate Spammers
2. Call and explain to spammers that you are a reporter
3. Determine if spammer has hung up
4. If step 3 is yes, call spammer back and leave message
5. Repeat
Re:All we need is.. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:maybe if we stop answering it... (Score:5, Funny)
I looked at the trap, Ray.
Re:All we need is.. (Score:3, Funny)
YMMV, though.
Spammers (Score:2, Funny)
Personally, if I ran into one, I'd knock em out.
Spam from my long lost cousin Jimmy (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How to track who sold yours email to spammers (Score:1, Funny)
In other words, you're a spammer?
I also operate a semi-public smtp server
And a poor mailserver admin.
Every now and then I get an 8 page rant from some joker
I have no sympathy for morons like you. You are a spammer, and deserver everything you get.
Mail-order Diplomas (Score:2, Funny)