very confusing.

Thu Jun 14 03:08:59 UTC 2012

I am as amused by antispam efforts as anyone, but can we stay on list topic?

George William Herbert
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On Jun 13, 2012, at 19:39, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:

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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:01 PM, Joe Greco <jgreco at ns.sol.net> wrote:
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>>> A trick to do on mail (USPS) spammers is take the prepaid mailing =
>>> envelope they often include and tape it to a brick wrapped in brown =
>>> paper and drop it off at the post office. They have to pay the shipping. =
>>> If enough people do it, they go out of business.
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>> That's simply false; local postmasters have had the discretion to discard
>> your bricks for years, AND THEY DO.
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> Yes... Bricks don't work any more. You have to get more creative.
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> http://www.dogdoo.com offers a selection of products ideally suited for this purpose.
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>>> In this case, do anything you can to waste his time and resources. Call =
>>> up and act interested in his services and have them go through their =
>>> sales pitch as many times as you can.  Ask for them to mail you =
>>> literature. Have them write up proposals and quotes. Then when the last =
>>> step left is to actually commit to their service tell them you were just =
>>> pulling their chain, and why. If you eat up enough of their time they =
>>> end up attending to too few real paying customers and they go out of =
>>> business.
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>> But that, on the other hand ...
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> Not mutually exclusive.
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> Owen
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