sfgoth-jwz_on_silly_autoresponding_spam_filters

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To: sfgoth@necronomi.com
From: Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
Subject: Re: SFGOTH: Belated Thank you
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 01:36:11 -0800

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nightbird wrote:
> 
>      But why the automatic reply, when no spam  have valid "From:"
> addresses?  Or if it's valid, it's forged.  You end up saying to people who
> know you "Sorry, friend, my computer thinks you're a !@#*! dirty spammer."

Actually it says "I think I'm the Hard-as-Nails Hacker Man, but 
look at what a pansy little perl script kiddie I really am, who
can't even figure out how to filter his mail properly."

And since it won't ever, ever, ever bother a spammer to get these
things, it's really kind of like running with scissors.  Except,
you know, when it backfires, you don't even get the adrenaline
rush.

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