[oclug] I am angry. Spam went to far today. Want to fight back.

[William Case]

Hi James;

On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 11:03 -0400, James Lockie wrote:
> William Case wrote:
> > Hi;
> >
> > This is a rant from a very angry user.  There must be a way to fight
> > back.
> >
> > I am not complaining about spam blockers; the ones used by Rogers Yahoo!
> > and spamassassin do a pretty good job.  But I would like a program
> > (illegal or not) that I could use to just take some of my spam and shove
> > it right back up the spammer's rose red ... Maybe blow up his computer.
[snip]
> I wish too.
> There isn't though. :-(
> You can complain to their ISP but alot of spam originates overseas with 
> ISPs that condone spam.
> I have complained to a few ISPs but I usually get no answer or a "yes 
> it's spam" answer.
> I just delete it now.
> 
On one hand I, like most others, want to keep the Internet free of
governmental interference, laws and rules.  On the other hand, I want to
stop this stuff.  Surely if enough individuals have programs that can
reverse spam etc. on their desktops, users with a button push can cause
enough trouble for the spammers or their IPs that spamming or supporting
spamming can become a losing proposition.

We are not likely to be sued as individuals for using a spam-fight-back
program.  If government is not the entity that controls the use of the
Internet, then users should be.  Self-governing vigilantes -- as it
were. A bit of rough justice, but I am getting tired of this dreary
scum. 


-- 
Regards Bill