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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 -------- <http://www.necronomi.com/i_want_to_unsubscribe.html> --------- ------------------ <http://www.necronomi.com/elists> ------------------- 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. ===