anybody else been spammed by "no-ip.com" yet?

Sat May 4 03:21:44 UTC 2002

> ... not only does it cost usually very little to receive these messages ...

even if i granted to a third party the right to determine the value of my
time, which i don't, the fact is that an hour or more of my time per day is
too high a price to pay "to receive these messages", by _any_ standard.

to understand the scale, here's what came in during my trip home tonight.

 456 05/03 "Big Brother"     Protect your family on the Internet<<<HTML> <BOD
 457 05/03 "Big Brother"     Protect your family on the Internet<<<HTML> <BOD
 458 05/03 "Big Brother"     Protect your family on the Internet<<<HTML> <BOD
 459 05/03 "Big Brother"     Protect your family on the Internet<<<HTML> <BOD
 460 05/04 FreeSampleCenter  Win $20,000! Win $20,000 to RENOVATE your Home!<
 463 05/04 my_own_business20 If a 15 year old boy can earn $71,000 in just a 
 464 05/03 "mike"            YOUR HEALTH zNAUiqxgEx<<This is a multi-part mes
 465 05/03 National Financia InvestorFacts: NasdaqNM: DSSI -Data Systems and 
 466 05/02 "Pamila Binkley"  don't Pay another monthly Bill until you read th
 469 05/04 Tax.Relief at isc.or Large Annual Tax Savings!<<<html> <head> <title>

remember, it would be ~4X higher without filtering, according to my syslogs.