[Gllug] What to do about spammer using my email as reply-to

Rev Simon Rumble simon at rumble.net
Thu Feb 20 14:40:54 UTC 2003


On Thu 20 Feb, Matthew Allum bloviated thus:

> I've told my ISP, and apart from filtering it out, is there anything
> more I can do to stop it without getting rid of my account ?

If the spammer is located in the EU and you can find a way to prove it
came from a specific person (with help from their ISP is about the
only way), you could sue for damages.

-- 
Rev Simon Rumble <simon at rumble.net>
www.rumble.net
Send email with subject "send key pub" for public key.

HTML's a cheap whore. Treating her with respect is possible,
and even preferable, because once upon a time she was a
beautiful and virginal format, but you shouldn't expect too
much of her at this point."

- Mark "Kamikaze" Hughes
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